HYPP Survival Guide
November 23, 2009
How to be prepared for and deal with a horse affected by HYPP.
Hyperkalemic periodic paralysis is a serious muscle deficiency in horses that causes muscle twitching, weakness and more.
Learn all about this dominant genetic disease in AQHA’s FREE HYPP Survival Guide report.
In 1996, AQHA designated HYPP a genetic defect and undesirable trait. Two years later, the Association added that all Impressive-descendent foals born after January 1, 1998, were required to be tested for the disease, with the results placed on the registration certificate. Since 2007, any horses tested as H/H are not accepted for registration with AQHA. Find out why in the HYPP Survival Guide.
Also in this detailed report, you’ll learn:
- Definitions of HYPP’s three designations: H/H, N/H, and N/N.
- Symptoms of HYPP
- Prevention tips
- Signs of an attack and what to do to keep your horse safe
- Feeding suggestions for HYPP-positive horses
- How to test your horse for HYPP
The most-common symptoms of HYPP include muscle tremors, weakness, muscle cramping, yawning, depression, an inability to relax the muscles, sweating, prolapse of the third eyelid, noisy breathing and/or abnormal sounds or whinnies.
HYPP cases usually start with muscle weakness and prolapse of the third eyelid, sweating and minor tremors most commonly in the flank, neck and shoulders.
More severe attacks can involve severe weakness, high heart and respitory rate, staggering, dog sitting and collapse. In its most extreme form, HYPP can lead to collapse and death, usually from a heart attack or respiratory failure.
Be prepared for situations involving HYPP-positive horses by downloading the HYPP Survival Guide today. This FREE report will give you the knowledge to identify symptoms and react accordingly to a horse experiencing an attack. You’ll also learn steps to preventing HYPP attacks, such as stopping frequently on road trips to give your horses a break and reduce their stress levels.
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October 22nd, 2009 at 1:35 am
EPSM or PSSM (Equine Polysaccharide storage myopathy) Related to HYPP?
Hi there, thanx for taking the time to read this.
I’m not a vett. But someone who lost in a short notice 3 horses and probably because of this. My vett told me that this is related with hypp.
Please read this carefully, i don’t want anyone else to go true this. And sorry for my poor english.
In march 96 i bought a beatiful mare Pretty Tessa#3199242. She was imported from Kentucky to the neterlands and had all kinds of damadge because the plane had to make an emerengy brake.
Beacause of that she was very stiff (I thougt) in her hips.
After a couple of months ,i got her pretty good. When i trained her to much, she became again stif in the hips.
At that time i had a lot of contact with the breeder and she told me that the father of my mare allready died Pretty peppy burner 2676303 beacause of a car accedent.
My mare has anccestors who are nows for carring hypp. But she was resulted negative. N/N
So she got her first foal. Pretty midnight Zan 4011415. He got his 2 hind legs in the gated and freeked out. He got really stif at both hips. But he was also hypp N/N For a year i went to several horseklinics, But no one could help my little colt. I had to put him down. It was the only humane ting to do.
This was number one.
After a couple of years i bred her to golden boy 3617802. This filly was totaly different in her walk trot and lope. Im confident that this mare is good. I’ve sold her with a good feeling.
I kept the same problem with my mare, stif in her hips. But we bred her again and now with Magic Power special 3340017. Again a beatifull black stallion. I could’nt be more happy. But after a couple of months, i saw somthing very disturbing. Stiff and weird in the hips. But when i kept traing relaxed and not to heavy, i went pretty good. Beacause of the former experience i had a total scan made of his skeleton. Everything was good! I was so happy… But my disutbing feeling didn’t go away.
My mare became stiffer and stiffer.. nobody could tell wat it was.. Now she also had an other problem, long problems.. So i als had to put her down last spring. This mare was my best friend, She was the best horse trainer ever. My first child gone!
My beatiful colt beacame the most gentle staollion you have ever met. Whe could just let him eat the gras in the front yard with the children, hye would’nt look up ore misbehave.
But 10-09-2009 My worst nightmare beacame true. We woke up, my youg stud was lying in the pasture, not like hypp weak… no totaly hard. Like a toy horse who had felt over.
His back was really dirty so at this point we thougt coliek. We got him back on his feet and he was so cold!
The vett from a big horse hospital came and he was also confinced at this point that it was koliek (Tummy pain) So he got real pain killers and parafinne right in his stomage for this. This was 8.00 am. It should be beter at 2.00 pm.
Well.. Not.. after an houre and a half.. the pain was back. My husband had allready left for work, my kids were at school. So i started walking with him again. A friend close by cam and she also had a weird feeling with this case. We were taliking it over and he dropped himself again. We tried to get him up again. But with the 2 of us we could’nt do a thing. The vett told us to come to the horse hospital as soon as possible. With 5 man we got him in the trailer. Butat least on his feet. One stayed in the trailer. We got him to the hospital.
I told the vett to look furter becouse i didnt think it was coliek. That i was thinking more like HYPP. He was more reacting like mondaysicknes. they took al kinds off tests, and it wasnt HYPP. But wat is it. He got al kinds off drip. But in a couple of hours he got worse and worse. He was totally tieing up. He beacame solid as a rock. After 6 hours het ried to get up and pee.. It was like red wine. and then blood.. I lost him….
The believe that it is EPSM.
Now ive been thinking. Is it possible that hypp mutateds into this so that we can’t tested it. But every body needs to know about this.
I also think that it is more dangerous for stallions then mares.
Becouse of pretty peppy Burner ( i don’t belaeve anymore that it was a car accident), pretty Midnight Zan, magicly pretty and my very best friend Pretty tessa.
The stallions was very clear. But the mare. Lungs are also muscels, And her weird stiffness.
I’ve you want to do something with this,
I kept some hair with roots from him (Magicly Pretty).
Ive you want this to do dna testing on it. you can have it. But ive you’re not. Then i keep his hair.
But really.. do something with this information…I’m hoping i can be off anny help. I do not want anyone els to go true this….
It’s every horse lovers worst nightmare.
When im feeling a little better. The papers of my mare and stud will follow. But can i please have ther papers back? I want it with there foto’s on the wall.
Diana
January 2nd, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Hi Diana
I just read your distressing story and believe i can shed some light on the subject.
In New Zealand horses graze a lot on pastures which get very high in potassium. I used to think that the symptoms they showed resembled those of HYPP but not as severe. I am now sure this is the case. They get stiff, especially behind and get noisy breathing too. I would like to talk to you more, please give me your phone #.
In the meantime on my website http://www.horsemanshipnz.com is an article called “More Mysteries Solved”
Let me know what you think.
Kind regards
Jenny