Search Results for: EPSM

…but has normal muscle enzymes, the odds of it being EPSM are relatively small. Before assuming it’s EPSM and making major diet changes, have your horse biopsied to make sure….

…a genetic test for equine polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM/EPSM). They have uncovered a genetic mutation that accounts for over 90% of cases of PPSM/EPSM across all breeds. The mutation involves…

…of the defect and the benefits of altered diet and exercise regimens for EPSM horses, they disagree sharply on certain details. Valberg thinks Valentine’s broader definition of EPSM, which in…

…decided that a muscle biopsy was needed to try to rule out a primary muscle problem like EPSM. In the meantime, Alf’s owner had read about EPSM and started him…

…or obvious muscle problems tend to get blamed on EPSM automatically, but only slightly higher than 50% of these horses actually had EPSM. It also shows that muscle problems can’t…

…I have a nine-year-old Percheron gelding. I’ve been feeding him the EPSM diet, assuming this is what he has had the past several years. I recently had him tested for…

…extra-fat-source for EPSM horses that balk at being fed large amounts of oil, although you have to watch the starch levels in these horses. It can be a good grain…