Testimonials Laminitis, Founder and Cushings
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Phyllis McMurry Tate
Case 1: My 17 year old Palomino Quarter Horse Mare came out of the winter with a very heavy, wooly coat which she was not shedding out. She is cresty of neck and heavy. A possible Cushings sufferer. We started giving her Maximum Performance free choice in a stall feeder. Within 2 weeks, the hair coat began to come out forming a thick blanket on the floor of her stall. She is now a slick golden... |
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Gary Oliver
Oliver Stables Lancaster, KY
We've used Maximum Performance with some brood mares and colts, but really what got us started was last year in June we had a yearling filly that foundered. We had the vet out there with her and he did all he could do for her. She just laid down in the field and couldn't hardly get up. She'd try to raise up and crawl on her knees. She had lost weight. She was just pitiful. The kids had to go... |
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Phyllis McMurry Tate
Case 2: My 14 year old paso fino Mare has a long history of chronic laminitis. She began to have problems last winter and grew increasingly lame and inactive. She became acute in early summer and has suffered through confinement and a multitude of both drug and mechanical efforts to help her. Just in the last few days, she has been treated with a laser applied to the coronary band and her... |
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Phyllis McMurry Tate
Case 3: A friend's retired 26 yr old Quarab Mare has a 5 year history of Laminitis, complicated by severe hypo thyroidism. She had feet plaqued by abscesses, structural failure, and pain. Her feet were so dished out that they were almost dinner plate size, even though she is a small horse. She has had a multitude of drug therapy (bute, thyroid powder, circulatory stimulants, etc.), and endless... |
