What Is Crushings?

[Raine Ranch Minis]

I have had people tell me that "This mare has Crushings" or "this horse has had Crushings for years". So what is it?

Thank you ahead of Time!!!!!!!!

 

[jlh]

Equine Cushing’s disease is one of the most common diseases of horses greater than 15 years of age. The clinical signs are associated with abnormally elevated hormone concentrations in the blood and along with other hormones, cortisol, plays an important role in this disease

http://www.aaep.org/health_articles_view.php?id=340

article from aaep

 

[drmatthewtaylor]

I have had people tell me that "This mare has Crushings" or "this horse has had Crushings for years". So what is it?

Thank you ahead of Time!!!!!!!!

The 2 above articles are good.

I would add that Cushing's Disease (or some will describe Cushnoid symptoms) is really a human medicine term. In human medicine diseases are named after the first Dr to describe the disease. In this case Dr Cushing was the first to describe the disease (a neurosurgeon if I recall).

Hyperadrenocorticism or Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction are the Veterinary terms we use and are far more descriptive of the syndrome.

Dr Taylor

 

[supaspot]

Hyperadrenocorticism or Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction ...

Id never remember that !

 

[chandab]

Hyperadrenocorticism or Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction ...

Id never remember that !

PPID for short (or Cushings, as most know it by).