Aerobic Exercise And Its Role In Insulin Resistance – Rounds With Doc T
The cause of insulin resistance (IR) is discussed from the cellular level, and the effect aerobic exercise has in circumventing the blockade of glucos…
Category: Hormone System Topics
Anhidrosis (Non-sweating horses)
No one has determined why some horses in the same environment stop sweating while others do sweat but we know that every horse is different with diffe…
Carbohydrate Dependency in Horses – Podcast #002
What is carbohydrate (sugar) dependency in horses and how does it lead to chronic protein deficiency and insulin resistance? This is a fundamental que…
Cushing’s Disease In Horses – Podcast #003
The pituitary is a small gland at the bottom of the brain that regulates so many hormones in the horse. Without it, the body of every mammal (horse an…
Decomplexicating Equine Nutrition Part 05 of 12 – Mitochondria and Making Energy (blog)
Inside every car is an engine needing fuel and inside every cell of your horse are engines called mitochondria. They both need maintenance.
ECEIM Consensus Statement On Equine Metabolic Syndrome (blog)
The European College of Equine Internal Medicine (ECEIM) issued a statement on a problem affecting horses called Equine Metabolic Syndrome. I summariz…
Endocrine Disease And The Equine Athlete – Podcast #036
I attended a Zoom meeting hosted by the FVMA with the presenter Dr Jane Manfredi of Michigan State.The title of her talk was “Quick On Their Feet: E…
Entropy And Horses – Podcast #054
Entropy means the natural and required decrease in energy, moving organized things into disorganized things and eventually ending in complete chaos. I…
Equine Endocrinology – Podcast #008
Equine endocrinology is a deep and complicated subject but in this podcast, Geoff Tucker, DVM (Doc T) reports on a webinar he attended for continuing …
Hematology In Horses
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Hormesis, Rapamycin and Horses – Podcast #025
The pieces are coming together in human studies and these data are being found in all animals – and so I assume horses as well. To gain the healthy …
Hormonal And Metabolic
These topics cover how metabolism works and what happens when they don’t work. Specifically, if the hormones work incorrectly then messages that r…
Horse Nutrition Review – Podcast #048
Every day someone asks me about feeding their horses. For me it has become simple only because I have repeated this information but for you…. maybe …
No Sweat! (blog)
Horses living in climates with high temperatures and high humidity are often affected by anhidrosis (non-sweating). This is a highly effective cure th…
Physiology
Knowing how nutrition works in the horse down to the cellular and molecular level is important. You may not think so or you may not feel capable of un…
Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter (Thumps)
The synchronous beating of the heart along with rapid contraction of the diaphragm (hiccups) is brought on by an electrolyte imbalance in horses worke…
The Calcium To Phosphorus Ratio – Podcast #006
Calcium (Ca) and Phosphorus (P) are two of the most plentiful minerals in your horse and are required for bone structure, muscle function and hundreds…
The EquiSummit Conference On The Healthy Horse Gut – Podcast #021
I attended a conference called the EquiSummit produced by a major manufacturer of horse feed components and sponsored by the horse feed companies dedi…
The Ins And Outs Of Fat In Horses – Rounds With Doc T
The movement of fat in the form of Free Fatty Acids (FFAs) and triglycerides (TAGs) throughout the body passes freely in and out of the body fat cell …
The Mighty Mitochondria – Podcast #024
Within the cells of our horses are power stations where fuel is converted into energy. Without this power station called the mitochondria, the cell an…
What Is Cushing’s Disease (Pituitary Dysfunction, PPID) In Horses – HorseTalk Webinar
Discussion: The pituitary is a small gland at the bottom of the brain that regulates so many hormones in the body. Without it, the body…