dear friends,
i thought you might enjoy looking at this valuable link, given on
the EquineCushings Yahoo group, that shows the level of different
minerals in your area. (of course, this is real useful for guessing
what is low/high in your hay!)
http://tin.er.usgs.gov/geochem/doc/averag
In response to my inquiry about riding trips in southwest Sweden,
John Freeman from the UK sent me some great information.
I wanted to thank you so much, John, and ask you a few more
questions. But my e-mail was refused, saying "Bad destination host
'DNS Hard Error looking up johnfre
"Eleanor" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> This year at the first sign, I started her on flax meal and
Duralactin, a whey protein that
seems to work on about half of the horses. The difference is
amazing The
midges still want to bite her in the ears so I put a few drops of
eucalyptus oil on
Hello!
Next week we will be going to visit our daughter, who lives in
Gothenburg, Sweden, and we are deciding on fun activities. We were
hoping to do a several day trail ride/pack trip, but the timing
offered by that the company that I know about does not work out.
Does anyone on t
i would suggest that vacuums with a rotating beater brush are
super good to get out that sand/stone-dust that accumulates at the
base of the hair and very fast can dull even a brand new blade. [it
did not appear that the model you asked about had this feature.]
i personally love the
< "Janice McDonald" [EMAIL PROTECTED] continued:
< There is a study ongoing now at Cornell Vet School by this same
woman...
this new study is quite different that the 2002 one, and is MUCH
more specific, looking particularly for the horse's antibodies that
recognize the "allergens fr
responding to Janice's posting:
... it kinda says maybe Nasi has developed resistance to the
allergens and maybe wont get it ever?? Janice -
"Laree Shulman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is why most domestic born horses (which Nasi is) don't suffer
from SE. They develop immunities fr
i should apologize that my message dated was likely hard to interpret. it provided a brief
explanation about the 2002 scientific study on SE, the abstract of
which Janice had posted. my posting was hard to interpret because
part of what i submitted was evidently had inadvertently been remo
"Janice McDonald" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes (Thu Mar 13, 2008
2:58 pm:
answering "Laree Shulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
<< ... the product they recommend at Wal-Mart ...
< the one i get is a big tub in the ethnic section. about two bucks
for 32 oz. but you have to put up with the smell w
e = 17 1/5 inches,
but somehow fit both small and large riders well.]
If interested, please e-mail to me - Barbara Sollner-Webb:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] or call: (day) 410-955-6278; (evening) 301-604-5619.
yours,
Barbara (Sollner-Webb)
in Laurel, Maryland
p.s. If I would foresee needing a another
> "Ingvar Ragnarsson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > -There have... a study about NCS in Icelandic grasses but I
> don't remember where to
> find it. it was done by agriculture schooll at Hvanneyri
> ( www.bondi.is or www.lbhs.is ).
thanks for the info. unfortunately, i didn't see th
> "Judy Ryder" [EMAIL PROTECTED] ice_responds to:
>> I am supplementing her with flax seed to make her skin
"stronger", spraying her every morning
without fail with Fly Gone 7000,
> How about spirulina to boost the immune system?
and "Laree Shulman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I will look
> "Skye and Sally ~Fire Island" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> responded to:
>
>> >> ... please explain to me the pronounced hoof rings that are so
>> common in horses just imported from Iceland. Those rings sure look
>> like what in the States are generally considered to reflect
>> founder...
>
wit
> "Ingvar Ragnarsson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > It is a mostly man made disease as those founder
> > horses I known of here in Iceland is only 4 since 1993.
Dear Malin,
That is real interesting.
Surely horses who forage in Iceland have very rich and then lean
periods, depending o
> "wcobpony" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ...it was hot again so I thought what the heck! I only clipped her
> front end
> and tummy, plus ( I hate to admit it and I am sure I will get
> strung up
> for this!!) I took half the underside of her mane off. She was SO hot
> under her mane even just
"SHERREL LEININGER" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> the first saddle i got for my first icey needed a crupper... but when
>>> i changed to a wintec endurance, it no longer needed a crupper, and
>>> stays in place perfectly, even on steep hills.
> Did you get a wide tree? I have looked at the wint
"Wanda Lauscher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I would be worried that a crupper used with a saddle might
> just be masking some saddle fit issues.
i agree. the first saddle i got for my first icey needed a crupper on hills,
but when i changed to a wintec endurance, it no longer needed a cruppe
"Judy Ryder" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I thought Quick mail did have an SSL function...
gosh, i sure wish they did! but the Outspring (Q-Mail guys) told me they
decided to not bother with a SSL upgrade of Q-Mail because they are madly
working on a completely new version ("OSM", with SSL). un
Hi! Yes, this is an icey/(Yahoo list)-related question.
Let me please ask you all about e-mail programs.
For ages I have used the old Quick mail, which I love, but Hopkins is about
to require e-mail have SSL security, which most modern programs offer, but
Quick mail does not. So I need to
"Karen Thomas" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>> ... blood testing... many years ago... seemed to nicely explain her
>>> results, so I did not then search for supportive studies.
> I assume that you didn't find any studies at all?
correct, i didn't find any real studies on Iceys; in fact there wer
Karen Thomas responded to:
What is low blood protein? ...how does it relate to Icelandic Horses?
-Judy
>>> I suspect others can answer this more professionally, but my understanding
>>> is
that the usual level of protein in Iceys' blood would be considered... I will
be interested
"Barbara Sollner-Webb" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> low blood protein in Icelandics. ... anemia. Are they the same? similar?
> i don't believe they are the same...
but i only wrote it once, not 8 times, and in 3 separate digests!
sorry for the multiple postings!
"Judy Ryder" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I've never heard of low blood protein in Icelandics. It has been discussed
> that imports show anemia. Are they the same? similar?
i don't believe they are the same. anemia is low red blood cells. but for
what i understand, iceys are not normally lo
"Judy Ryder" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What is low blood protein? and why / how does it relate to Icelandic Horses?
I suspect others can answer this more professionally, but my understanding is
that the usual level of protein in Iceys' blood would be considered dangerously
low for a "normal"
"Annie Shields" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The time-line, at least as I know it, goes like this: Some horses were
> shipped to... Ashton, MD... in 1960 The herd was owned by Sam Ashelman
> who... didn't take care of his horses In 1966, Ashelman sold all his
> imported mares to a man nam
"Sue McKenney" [EMAIL PROTECTED] responded to:
>> I think she would have been totally miserable this weekend
>> with this heat if she hadn't been mostly clipped.
> Brenna and Kolur are doing well with the vents they have from the late fall
> clipping combined with regular combing with the Mars C
Hi!
Let me ask whether anyone is thinking about selling a used Wintec Endurance
model.
An old, well-used one is fine; they all have one size seat (which fits
well), and any gullet width is fine (as they are interchangeable, even in the
models before Wintec advertised it).
Please let m
"el27nino" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> it is currently in the seventies and Magic and Nino have THICK coats--nearly
> an inch long
allover.
> Anybody else have this problem? Do you shave them? My clipper just
won't do it. Has anyone found a horse clipper that will shear an
Icelandic?
There i
"Ingvar Ragnarsson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote":
> the care of a imported Icelandic is very, very important at least the first
> two years... if you import a Icelandic to your SE area home I suggest that
> you do what
you can for 2-3 years to prevent SE.
Everything we know about immunology s
> I was wondering if anyone on this list had ever tried
one of the local non-pesticide insect repellent
methods; diluted PineSol mixed/vegetable oil mix.
Works well with my Tennessee Walkers here in E. KY,
but they don't have summer eczema, either.<
interesting! any clue about how much
"Janice McDonald" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> ...here in Florida culicoides are just
unbelievable, especially in marshy areas. I have been to peoples
homes in the early morning or late afternoon where I couldnt walk from
my car to their front door without my entire scalp being eaten alive
with th
"Anneliese Virro" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello Barbara:
> Thank you for that information. For some reason I thought that the
> ingredients in Flygone and Repel Xp were the same. Do you think I cold make
> it work better by adding some citronella oil to it?
> Anneliese
>> ...Repel-Xp...lacks t
sorry for only now responding to posts from this past weekend.
"Karen Thomas" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> ...I seem to remember hearing that...not all "SE" is actually caused so
much by the cullicoides as by a bombardment of many minor allergies...
Won't that make it harder for a single vaccine
have active SE (which causes
a maddening level of itching, so they scratch themselves until the affected
area is entirely bloody), the best thing I found to deter the itching and speed
healing is the Icelandic lotion formerly called SDS or SD lotion, and now
re-named SE lotion.
yours, Barbar
responding to:
>> ... percent of exported Icelandic come down with SE.
>> 70-80% is a much better guestimate. Anneliese
"Ingvar Ragnarsson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> it all depends on where you live and how you take care of
> in holland, close [to] 80% develop eczema if the horse isn´t tak
d
appreciate hearing it, please!
yours, Barbara
Barbara Sollner-Webb
Professor of Biological Chemistry
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
regularly exposed to in the first few months
of life.
I hope this helps.
yours, Barbara
Barbara Sollner-Webb
Biological Chemistry Department
"Stephanie Caldwell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> The vet said it takes two visits, my farm call is $82, and then the
cost of the test was something like $260 - $300. Total would be around
$500...
> My old vet told me basically the same thing, ... two visits...
Dear Steph,
This sounds like th
"pippa258" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> And I wonder about the auto fly spray getting in their water.
a really valid concern. plus, almost all automatic fly sprayers use just
pyrethrin, permethrin, or the like, which (although good against flies) do
NOTHING to repel no-see-ums. for a spray ag
following up on the statement:
"the vet wants me to test for Cushings, but it's about $500 to test".
i don't know what test they are proposing, but i thought the ACTH test was
considered the gold standard, and for that our vet charged us a bit under $100
last year.
-barbara
Dear Steph,
Good for you, for working so hard to relieve the miserable itching of this
poor horse. And shame on the vets who say there is nothing to do (and the
owners who believe them)! Many useful articles are on
.
Yes, there are LOTS of very SE-allergic horses, and as you see, there a
> ... order some EZ Ride stirrups ... for Christmas ... but we had a hard time
> finding them.
i ordered twp pairs just before Christmas directly from the easyboot company
(www.easycareinc.com); they had everything in stock, are cheaper than most
stores, and the package arrived in two days. a
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