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TeleSeminar Topic Descriptions -- Previously Recorded
"Nutritional Management of Equine Cushing's Disease"
Previously recorded June 2, 2011. Length: 1 hour 50 minutes
If you have a horse who has been diagnosed with Equine Cushing's Disease (PPID), or if you have an aging horse that is starting to show symptoms of the disease including:
** hair coat that isn't shedding well this spring
** loss of muscle mass
** increased thirst and/or appetite
** suppressed immune function (particularly important due to the recent attention to the equine herpes virus outbreak),
The TeleSeminar emphasizes:
** Evaluation and diagnosis of the disease
** Management of hormonal changes --cortisol levels and insulin resistance
** Treatments, both traditional and alternative
** Laminitis prevention
** Specific dietary issues and the use of supplements to improve the quality and length of life
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"Helping Your Horse Grow Old with Dignity and Health"
Previously recorded July 7, 2011. Length: 1 hour 32 minutes
If you have a horse that is getting up in years, there are bodily changes that typically begin around the late teens. Horses can live well into their thirties (and many make it to their forties) and can experience:
** dental problems and loss of teeth
** weight loss
** insulin resistance due to weight gain or equine Cushing's disease
** suppressed immune function
** joint deterioration
** loss of muscle mass and strength
The TeleSeminar emphasizes:
** Dietary guidelines
** Relevant supplementation
** Importance of vitamin C as horses age
** Adjusting the diet for poor/lost teeth
** Hindgut microbial health
** Joint/Muscle deterioration
** Disease states related to aging
** Keeping the immune system healthy
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"Things You Need to Know About Water, Salt, and Using Electrolyte Supplements"
Previously recorded August 11, 2011. Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Regardless of the time of year, all horses need plenty of water and all horses need to have supplemental salt. Hay and/or pasture DO NOT contain adequate sodium (salt). A sodium deficiency can lead to many health issues including dehydration and muscle tremors -- horses may even avoid drinking water!
Electrolyte supplements are often mistakenly used as the horses's only source of salt.
Whether your horse works or performs, is ridden on the occasional trail ride, or is retired, this teleseminar will help you decide how to best keep your horse in good sodium balance.
The TeleSeminar emphasizes:
** Water balance inside your horse's tissues
** Encouraging water consumption
** Salt supplementation options
** Salt dosing
** Problems with inadequate salt
** Anhydrosis -- when your horse stops sweating
** Electrolyte supplements -- they are not all the same
** How to use electrolyte supplements
** Thirst mechanism -- it doesn't always work!
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"Joint Supplements -- So Many Choices!"
Previously recorded September 15, 2011. Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Older horses. Seasoned performing horses. And youngsters with budding careers. All are candidates for joint supplements. Or are they? Do joint supplements prevent injury? Which ones are good at slowing the progression of arthritis and easing pain? Are they all the same? What are all those ingredients that are difficult to pronounce? Is there any harm in giving them?
All of these questions, along with your specific concerns, will be addressed by Dr. Juliet M. Getty during this teleseminar over this very popular topic.
The TeleSeminar emphasizes:
** Effectiveness of glucosamine, chondroitin, MSM, and hyaluronic acid, typically added to most joint supplements
** Injections vs oral supplementation
** Herbs that offer joint support
** Basic nutrients that may eliminate the need for a supplement
** Relevant minerals
** "Designer" ingredients such as ASUs, cetyl myristoleate, and Perna canaliculus
** Role of B vitamins
** Glucosamine and insulin resistance
** Protein quality and prevention
** Importance of balancing omegas
** When to start supplementing
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"Understanding and Avoiding Colic"
Previously recorded November 17, 2011. Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
As your horse transitions to winter, there are demands placed on his digestive system that can lead to problems. Decreased water consumption can cause dehydration colic. Changing from fresh grass to hay can lead to impactions. Increased stall confinement can increase ulcers risk. In fact, change of any kind can lead to digestive upset. With the “season of changes” underway, Dr. Getty’s November teleseminar takes aim at the causes and prevention of colic.
Any horse can succumb to colic. This teleseminar will help you avoid potential disaster and heartache. Your horse would say that you can’t afford to miss it. He’s right.
The TeleSeminar emphasizes:
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"Making Sense of Ingredient Lists, Feed Tags, and Hay Analysis Reports"
Recorded January 12, 2012. Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
When it comes to feeding your horse, there's so much information available and it can be difficult and often confusing to put is all together. The feed tag give you percentages and ppm; the ingredient list offers more specifics into what's in the bag, but not all feed companies divulge the exact ingredients. And you got your hay analyzed -- excellent! Now what? Can you feed it free-choice? Does it meet your horse's needs?
The TeleSeminar emphasizes:
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"Making it Easy for your Easy Keeper to be Healthy"
Recorded February 16, 2012. Length: 1 hour 47 minutes
Horses vary in their metabolic rate, just as people do. Some horses have trouble keeping weight on and others, well... they just look at a carrot and gain weight! Obesity can lead to many health problems -- avoidable health problems, including arthritis, generalized inflammation, reduced liver function, and the dreaded, laminitis! The answer is not a "diet." The answer is feeding appropriately, keeping in mind that horses are very different than just about any creature on this planet. They do not do well on "several square meals a day." They need a feeding plan that is designed for who they are - horses. One that will keep them healthy, while avoiding the excess pounds. If your horse needs to get in shape, spend 90 minutes with Dr. Getty. She will provide you with the right methods, and explain the reasons why they work. Don't starve your horse -- he may lose weight but will develop even worse problems than the few extra pounds he was carrying before.
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"The Hard Keeper can be Helped"
Recorded March 15, 2012. Length: 1 hour 23 minutes
The underweight horse can have just as much difficulty maintaining a normal weight as the overweight horse. If you have a Hard Keeper, you know that no matter what you try, your horse still has difficulty gaining weight and maintaining a healthy weight. Why is this? It could be simply due to a fast metabolic rate, or the weight loss reason may be far more complex than this.
Don't be fooled into thinking that a ribby horse is okay. Seeing a glimmer of ribs while moving is fine, but if your horse's ribs are easily apparent just while standing still, he/she could benefit from a bit more tissue development.
The TeleSeminar will emphasize underweight as it relates to:
"Laminitis - The Latest"
Recorded May 17, 2012. Length: 2 hours
Laminitis. The mere word conjures up fear in the hearts of horse owners. The pain, the lameness, the suffering of all concerned... you will do anything to prevent it from happening to your precious horse.
Pasture grazing is something we know can be problematic for some horses, but there are many possible causes of laminitis. And the good news is, most can be prevented. Even the horse that has a strong genetic tendency toward developing the disorder, can be protected through proper nutritional and environmental management.
Spend an evening with Dr. Juliet Getty and catch up on the latest. She'll review all of the possible causes, treatments, and prevention methods, as well as share with you research results from the 2011 International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot, the 2011 Equine Science Society Proceedings, and other research venues.
This teleseminar will emphasize:
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Format:
Dr. Getty spends an hour covering all of the above teleseminar topics, while answering the pre-submitted questions. As she goes through each question, additional information is interspersed so every listener can benefit from the answer.
At the end of the hour, the floor is opened up for additional questions.
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