I am in the northeast - we used the ‘cocktail’, DMSO and banamine.
He is 28 now, so not in work, but he passages out to the paddock and
still terrorizes the staff. Interestingly, his most profound deficit at the moment
is that he leaks urine. Maybe old age, maybe the EPM, who knows.
Miss Mare is 4 years out from her bout of EPM. We did not do any testing other than the expert opinion of her vet. Her main presenting symptom was a behavior change. My normally placid happy draft cross was now a fire breathing alligator. Did not want to be groomed or ridden and let her teeth and hooves share her displeasure. 3 months of the liquid compounded medication was all we did. She was on stall rest for first month as she was falling on the ice. We hand walked almost all of the second month then began light work. It took her almost 6 months to come back to where she was before getting sick. Now after another serious health issue she is better than ever. Has an improved work ethic and sound.
Way too much experience with EPM here! Spent thousands on suspension and Marquis. Had the best luck with Oroquin. Look up Pathogenes.com. Talk to Dr Ellison. She was wonderful. After my experience, my vet has treated several horses with this protocol with good success.
I believe it was Navigator that killed some horses.
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To save a lot of $$, try this source for a natural Vit E supplement - http://www.scbt.com/datasheet-363242-ultracruz-equine-vitamin-e.html
Thanks to fellow COTHer JB for that find. Makes me sad I didn’t find it sooner! My vet also likes Karbo Combo for treating EPM. He also prefers the Florida test vs. the California test, FWIW…[/QUOTE]
I just ordered this. Thank you so much for letting me know. Even with shipping to the east coast it’s still so much cheaper than anything else. And it’s not a lot of powder. Double win.
My current horse has EPM. He’s had it longer than I’ve known him so I don’t know what his treatment entailed. He’s still a very fancy mover. Other than having really wobbly lead changes (has had to be really collected if you want a clean flying lead change) and the occasional back soreness (he sees a chiropractor), he’s fine.
