There are 3 diseases seen in horses that all may be related to vitamin E in some way. As vitamin E is a potent antioxidant, it may help prevent and/or relieve symptoms of these diseases. They are in order of how likely you would be to see or hear of them.

Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP) is an inherited disease of the muscle which is caused by a genetic defect. “Hyperkalemia” is the scientific term for elevated levels of potassium in the blood. Hyperkalemia causes the muscles in the horse to contract

PSSM (polysaccharide storage myopathy; also called EPSM –equine polysaccharide storage myopathy) is a metabolic disorder of skeletal muscle characterized by increased glycogen content, increased glycogen-related enzymes and abnormal amylase (the enzyme wh

What causes Cushing’s Syndrome? Cushing's Syndrome is NOT a nutritional disease, but an abnormality in the horse’s anterior pituitary gland, mainly seen in older horses. The anterior pituitary gland basically runs the entire hormone system of the horse

OUTLINE: Digestive Tract function:Horse as a grazing animalHorse as a meal-fed animalNSC limitations in the equine dietEffects of high NSC in the foregut and hindgut functionNutritionally-related diseasesOverweight HorseInsulin Resistance/Equine Metabolic

At what age does a horse become “aged” or “senior” with respect to nutrition? At 10?? At 15?? At 20?? NRC 2007 suggests 3 ways in which “old age” can be defined: chronologic – number of years from birth physiologic – the decline in physiologic functi