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Originally Posted by Sightseek
From that article:
- He attributes much of the stable’s success to the fact he gives all of his horses medication for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis, or EPM, a neurological disease. “A good 80% of horses have EPM,” he said. He also has throat surgeries, or myectomies, performed on many of the horses he claims because “with EPM, one side of the flap (in the epiglottis) is gone, and the other half doubles in size. Then it closes up. The surgery helps them breathe.”
Chuck, question - what treatment would he be giving for EPM? I thought they were still working on finding good treatment and the existing treatments came with lengthy treatment times, time off for the horse and possible side-effects like anemia? (besides Gill's stats being wrong)
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He used to give oral meds that are pretty commonly used. I suppose he still does the same. Not cheap either even if you are buying it in vats. His statement is impossible to verify by the way. 80% of horses may have been exposed to EPM but that doesnt mean that giving them medications will help them in any manner.