Monday morning disease- trotter

[Little megalodonen]

Hey everyone! Anyone here who have experience in feeding a trotter as the topic says? I know its important to get a lot of proteins, water and fat (from oils) and less sugar in the feed, also vitamins E and B. But is there any science of something else that has proven to be good for the horse? Would be nice if you can link me up with some science of feeding a horse with monday morning disease.

 

[be positive]

You don't hear it called monday morning disease very often now, if you look at PSSM you may find more of the info you are looking for, feeding is only a part of managing the condition, having plenty of turnout, a careful regular exercise regime, appropriate rugging to keep the back warm will all help, high levels of vit e are usually required, we also used alcar for one here that had minor symptoms.

 

[Bob notacob]

Yes as B positive said pssm sounds likely (essentially its the same as the EPSM i refered you to on your other thread . As I said , monday morning leg is something entirely different. All that B pos said is good info . I would still like to know the detail of the blood test . Clearly you are very worried and I am sure that all of us on the forum will do our best to help.

 

[Little megalodonen]

he is usually ridden/trotted with 6 days a week, and one day off with pasture time and one hour in a walker. The blood test said he had a mild form of azoturia. He have had that before (very aggressively) and another one where the levels where sky high but he could walk.

 

[Twohorses]

If the horse has exertion all Tying Up, aka, Rhabdomylosis, aka Monday Morning Disease, I have read adding more magnesium to their diet helps.

This article is from Kentucky Equine Research, in the U.S.

https://shop.ker.com/collections/tying-up

There are other scholarly articles on the Net if you Google "Tying Up in horses" or "Rhabdomylosis in horses".

I would want to be sure, however, you aren't dealing with PSSM

 

[Little megalodonen]

Perfect, thank you I wil have another cat with the vet when she is checking up on him again in a two weeks time. He is currently only in the pasture and being hand hold around the area (or a walker for that matter). He will begin riding an hour next weekend

 

[SEL]

Perfect, thank you I wil have another cat with the vet when she is checking up on him again in a two weeks time. He is currently only in the pasture and being hand hold around the area (or a walker for that matter). He will begin riding an hour next weekend

I have two horses with a form of what used to be known as Monday Morning Disease. Can I ask whereabouts you are? Tying up / azoturia has a few different causes and you really need to know what you are dealing with to make sure you are going down the right route.

 

[Little megalodonen]

I have two horses with a form of what used to be known as Monday Morning Disease. Can I ask whereabouts you are? Tying up / azoturia has a few different causes and you really need to know what you are dealing with to make sure you are going down the right route.

Norway, so very far away

 

[SEL]

Norway, so very far away

Are you on Facebook? There is quite a population of Scandinavian owners with PSSM horses and I believe they have a dedicated page - but I'm not sure what language it is in!

If you join the main PSSM page it is mainly US based, but if you ask if anyone is from Norway I think you will be able to get quite a lot of local help.

 

[Little megalodonen]

Are you on Facebook? There is quite a population of Scandinavian owners with PSSM horses and I believe they have a dedicated page - but I'm not sure what language it is in!

If you join the main PSSM page it is mainly US based, but if you ask if anyone is from Norway I think you will be able to get quite a lot of local help.

I will look it up Good tip.. btw seems like the illness "monday morning disease" has a lot of different terms and as I understand this is called azoturia now? When I google the norwegian word and translates it into english, the word azoturia comes up.

 

[sam72431]

I think linked to liver as well as certain bloods will come up and can cause this if liver is compromised. Try milk thistle as that is anti oxidant. This might help it's what I fed one of mine when he had liver damage.