What Is PSSM1?

[@SavaahaLightfoot]

Great educational video. You're likely to see a boost in views, An appaloosa horse with PSSM1 who was originally going to be portrayed as a Breyer model was pulled by their owner after model horse people protested the breeding practices still carried out by breeding horses with this defect.

[@sarahgordine5462]

What a wondeful explanation, thank you x

[@cherylyoung440]

Thank you!! I just put in a request to join fb page

[@kathygilmartin6897]

Great video girls, I came here from the Welsh section D group, thank you from Ireland 💚. Happy Christmas 🌲.

[@PSSMAwareness]

Thank you! Greetings from the UK! And merry christmas to you to

[@lindsayhewitt8585]

well done guys. very informative video.

[@loredelore7286]

Does feeding pro biotic with polysaccharides compound the problem?

[@lorihewett5704]

Hello. Is a horse that is n/pssm1 as likely to be affected by this as a horse who is pssm1/pssm1?

[@PSSMAwareness]

Hi Lori, Yes a horse who is N/P1 is just as likely to be affected as a horse who is P1/P1 there are many N/P1 horses who are just as severely affected as P1/P1 horses, some horses can even have both PSSM1 and PSSM2 these horses are known as hybrid horses. Hope this helps :o)

[@lorihewett5704]

@@PSSMAwareness Thank you for your response. My horse's 5 panel genetics disease test came back recently and he's n/P1. My vet originally told me she thought it's a recessive gene and so it wasn't a concern. I have done my own research and find that not to be the case. Thank you so much for all of the info. you provide and the FB group has been very helpful also. My boy has had mysterious lameness issues since I got him 3+ years ago and we know he has hoof issues, but all along there seemed to be something systemic going on that was hindering our success with various treatments.

[@yarralee1]

Is EMS related to PSSM1 ?

[@PSSMAwareness]

Hi Jim, Awesome question! There is a possibility it could of been misdiagnosed as EMS but PSSM1 is different from EMS, EMS is Equine Metabolic Syndrome meaning its metabolic disease where PSSM1 is actually a genetic muscle disease Hope this helps! :)