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Topic: Vitanmin C....yes ? no? maybe???
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lil nicky
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posted May 12, 2004 08:37 AM
I have heard that vitamin C is a good supplement to add to their grain. If you buy the powder how much should I add if any. I heard it helped artritis which my mare has. Should I feed it to her as well as my growing yearling ??
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Posts: 191 | Registered: Feb 2004
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spyro1
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posted May 12, 2004 09:17 AM
Vitamin C helps with absorption of MSM, glucosamine and chondroitin. It wont *cure* arthritis, but will help aid glucos/chond in doing their jobs. You can buy Vit C marketed for horses and there will be instructions on the tub, ie: one scoop once per day, etc.
Vit C also helps boost immune systems. Depending on your horses diet, you can ask a nutrition rep from your feed store about adding supps. Di-calcium phosphate is one I feed to weanlings/yearlings.
[ May 12, 2004, 09:19 AM: Message edited by: spyro1 ]
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Blistering Winds
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posted May 12, 2004 10:58 AM
Vit C itself won't help much. But if you are feeding the rest of the MSM/Gluc, like spyro said, it will help the absorption of them.
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Posts: 4337 | From: Texas | Registered: Oct 2003
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ejforrest
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posted May 13, 2004 03:56 AM
"Vitamin C deficiency does not occur in horses".
"In some cases, oral viatmin C has been shown to be poorly absorbed by the horse and in intramuscular injections of the vitamin tend to cause marked tissue irritation".
"The form that is sometimes included in feed, on the off chance it might have some beneficial effect, is ascorbylpalmitate, which horses(but few other species) can absorb fairly well".
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Posts: 278 | From: michigan | Registered: Jan 2004
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harli36
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posted May 13, 2004 06:32 AM
I meant to post this a little while ago for everyone but didn't get to it. It is info I got from a prof.
There is currently no federal guidelines for enforcement of safety or efficacy of nutraceuticals sold as dietary supplements for equids. Because of this there are supplements being sold that haven't been proven to do anything. So it's just like me picking grass out of my lawn and selling it for $8 per pound saying it will imporove coat condition or whatever.
Currently there is no scientific proof that Glucosamine choloride, or Glucosamine sulfate used by themselves have any value to the horse to improve their joints. HOWEVER if one of these supplements is feed with Chondroitin sulfate it HAS been proven to help with arthritis problems.
Off topic but Coenzyme Q has been marketed to improve athletic performances when after study has been shown to have no advantages. Also Echinacea(herb) has been said to improve immune function and blood quality(whatever that is) and this has also not been proven.
Since horses are a hobby for most people we will spend money on anything that we think will help our horses and the supplement people know this and take advantage of it.
Posts: 613 | From: northeastern Pa | Registered: Feb 2004
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lil nicky
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posted May 13, 2004 06:19 PM
I didn't think it would cure it....and I'm not going out to a horse store to pay $ 80.00 on a bucket of STUFF that.. yeah......If vitamin C helpes, than I will go to a health store and pick up a bag from a bulk. what do you think?? If I give her a table spoon or two 4 times a week or so
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