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Can There Be A Diabetes Cure For Horses?

Property?

Unfortunately, horses as well as other animals, are legally classified as “property”. This has both its advantages and disadvantaged for horse slaves…er, I mean, owners. Because they are property, they have a monetary value. Unlike a car, a horse’s book value tends to either stay the same or grow no matter the age of the horse.

1964 Kentucky Derby winner Northern Dancer became even more valuable as a breeding stallion, and then more and more valuable as he got older and his offspring cleaned up on the track. In 1961, Northern Dancer could not be sold at auction, because he was “too small”. By 1981, he was worth over $40 million. When he passed away in 1990, the value of all of his surviving offspring skyrocketed.

This is a huge financial incentive for drug companies to find an equine diabetes cure. They know the horse owners will pay for it gladly.

Basic Equine Diabetes Information

Horses get what’s known as Type II diabetes, which happens when the body cannot absorb enough natural insulin because there’s too much fat in the way. Horses are notorious gluttons. When they get older, they can’t metabolize their food as effectively, so they often put on the weight that leads to diabetes. So far, the only sure fire equine diabetes cure there is is prevention.

Horses needing a diabetes cure are overweight, even when put on a diet, sluggish, get laminitis (a recurring, potentially lethal disease in the hooves) and take much longer to recover from simple illnesses. You need to have your veterinarian make an accurate diagnosis. These symptoms are also very close to Cushing’s disease. There’s no sense starting a diabetes cure if your horse doesn’t have diabetes!

Since equine diabetes is common in older horses, there are commercially available feeds made just for diabetic horses that may help you lead your horse to a diabetes cure. You will also need to reduce grain and increase hay. You also need to be sure your horse exercises everyday. Just turning out to pasture may not be sufficient if your horse is feeling sluggish.

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By Jojo	2008-02-24 20:05:41
How do you know if you horse has diabetes????

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