Cushing's disease (PPID) in horses

Hello! I strongly recommend getting a vet out to take a blood test and confirm whether your horse has PPID (as it is now called).

PPID can lead to laminitis. What happens is that the pituitary gland overproduces a hormone, which raises the amount of cortisol in the body. Cortisol is the body's own cortisone, and in high amounts it triggers laminitis.

Because PPID responds well to medication, treating it is the sensible way to safeguard your horse's health. I have a horse of my own who was diagnosed last autumn and has been on medication ever since, and right now he is doing brilliantly!