From the Blog of Dr Aimee Eggleston

Another horse diagnosed with various ailments until the true cause was found. Please click on the link below to read the entire blog entry.
Blog of Dr Aimee Eggleston

Question: “I recently had to put down my 16 year old Arabian due to Degenerative Suspensory Disease (DSD). Over the past few years we were told that his problem was arthritis (due to being a english pleasure saddle seat horse). Then we were told that his problem was

Degenerative Suspensory Ligament Desmitis (DSLD), also known as Equine Systemic Proteoglycan Accumulation (ESPA) is a serious disease. Horses afflicted with DSLD have a poor prognosis for continued athletic performance.