Since the herd were forced off the levels just after winter solstice when things got a bit flooded, we had been hoping the land would dry up this month, frost over even, but when the nation had snow we had more rain here in Meare. Winter routine is certainly challenging with 12 members of the [...]
Latest News: 08 Jan 2018: Logan has had three blood samples taken to date, to test his ACTH levels, his original test confirmed he had PPID. The upper limit for PPID being 29, and he was 178. He was put on a Prascend tablet a day (which costs about £1.50) and after 6 weeks his [...]
Logan's Story What is Equine Cushing's Disease? Equine Cushing's Disease was first discovered in the 1930s and although commonly still called this, it was renamed as Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction (PPID) in the 1990's as it then emerged that the disease in horses is different from Cushing's disease in humans and dogs, as it effects [...]
