Diagnosing Equine Cushing’s Disease

Share:

Favorite
Please login to bookmark Close

Years ago, veterinarians relied on clinical signs to diagnose equine pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (also known as PPID or equine Cushing’s disease). Laboratory diagnostic testing lagged far behind diagnosis via “clinical impression” made by the attending veterinarian, because blood test results were often unclear.

Download this special report to find out how PPID is diagnosed today.

Share
Favorite
Please login to bookmark Close

Written by:

Stacey Oke, MSc, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and freelance medical writer and editor. She is interested in both large and small animals, as well as complementary and alternative medicine. Since 2005, she’s worked as a research consultant for nutritional supplement companies, assisted physicians and veterinarians in publishing research articles and textbooks, and written for a number of educational magazines and websites.

Related Articles

horses and foal in field with geese
riding lesson, lesson horses in arena
Identifying and Managing Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS); diagnosing insulin dysregulation in horses; EMS Horse; top podcasts of 2018
horses-lower-legs-in-arena

Stay on top of the most recent Horse Health news with

FREE weekly newsletters from TheHorse.com

Weekly Poll

sponsored by:

Stress can contribute to leaky gut syndrome. Which stressor is your horse most sensitive to?
38 votes · 38 answers

Readers' Most Popular

Sign In

Don’t have an account? Register for a FREE account here.

Create a free account with TheHorse.com!

The Horse
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.