December 23, 2009
Dietary Changes Help Prevent and Manage Tying Up Disease in Horses
Winston Churchill said, “No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.” It’s unlikely, though, that Churchill ever experienced a horse with polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM), one of the causes of tying-up disease. PSSM is an incredibly painful, inherited muscle condition most commonly found in quarter horses, draft horses, warmbloods and some other breeds.
