Eleanor M. Kellon VMD Archives - Colorado Horse Source

Equine Wellness: Hydrolyzable Carbohydrates and the Metabolic Horse

August 31, 2023August 10, 2023 by Dr. Eleanor Kellon

By Eleanor M Kellon, VMD and Kathleen M. Gustafson, PhD The only carbohydrate fractions that matter are those that increase insulin. Nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC), non-fiber carbohydrates (NFC), ethanol soluble carbohydrates (ESC), water soluble carbohydrates (WSC)—it all really comes down to hydrolyzable carbohydrates for metabolically challenged horses. Hydrolyzable carbohydrates (HC) are …

Weekend Wellness: The Role of the Hind Gut in Laminitis

July 16, 2022 by Dr. Eleanor Kellon

Photo: ECIR

A lot of attention has been directed to bacterial endotoxins, MMP enzyme activators, and fructan or starch fermentation as factors in laminitis, but how much are they really involved? With laminitis, it is usually hormones, not the hind gut. In the “horse broke into the feed bin” scenario, too much …