EPM Medicine for Tito

We are sad to inform everyone that another one of our lesson horses, Tito, has been diagnosed with EPM. 

EPM stands for Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis. It is a parasite which is transmitted by the horse coming into contact with contaminated feces, usually from an opossum. Once ingested, the sporocysts migrate from the intestinal tract into the bloodstream and cross the blood/brain barrier. There they begin to attack the horse's central nervous system. The onset of the disease may be slow or sudden. If left undiagnosed and untreated, EPM can cause devastating and lasting neurological damage, and can eventually take a horse's life. You can read more about the disease here.

We are fundraising to help in paying to treat Tito. It will cost $800. We thank you in advance for contributing - anything helps.

Great Strides Long Island, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)Not-for-Profit Organization founded in 2009. Great Strides is dedicated to offering the physical, developmental, and emotional benefits of the horse human relationship to children and adults of all ages and abilities through therapeutic riding, programs for veterans and their families, Mommy and Me and summer programs. Great Strides Long Island brings all people into a world where horses touch their lives with grace, power, and gentleness and helps them develop confidence, physical, and emotional strength.