I noticed someone mentioned EPM on the blog about the MFT rear end.

On our farm we take good care of our horses and vacinate for everything including Rabies and EPM. Several years ago I noticed our big paint horse was losing muscle/fat tissue on his left shoulder.. it came on very suddenly and he was dropping his gait in the left rear. We took him to several vets and finally went to K-State vet clinic and got him tapped. He was positive. We treated him with a compound from Frank's pharmacy in Ocala, Florida for about nine months.

that was about seven years ago and he is 99.9% back to normal. So, if it is caught and treated early enough there is a chance. Anyone else experience it??

One item to mention that because a horse tests positive for EPM doesn't mean they will come down with the disease. It just means that the antibodies are present. A horse that has been vaccinated for the disease may test postive. A bloodtest will tell you if the horse has been exposed to either the vaccine or the actual protazoa and the results from that will determine if the spinal test is needed. The spinal tap like Calamityj had done is the best way to find out if the protazoa has entered the horses nureological system.

We too keep all feeds stored in weather tight containers within a feed room, but you can't control pastures very well. So every fall I set live traps to catch the little vermon that want to winter in my hay barn. I even caught one this past week trying to get into my chicken coop that has 10 foot chainlink panels and is hot wired. I have found that Canned cat food is best bait to use.