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Fortified Feed, Ration Balancer, or Vitamin and Mineral Supplement for Horses: Which Do I Choose?

...recommendation. Some sample diets can be found here. Vitamin and mineral supplements. Though similar, vitamin and mineral supplements are not the same as ration balancers. They typically do not contain...

Provision of Vitamins Important in Convalescing Horses

...A closer look at the most prominent vitamins in the equine diet underscores their necessity. Vitamin A Vitamin A is perhaps the most important of the vitamins and is indispensable...

Vitamins for Horses

Vitamins are defined as organic substances that are necessary for the proper nutrition of plants and animals. Ingested in minute quantities, vitamins act as coenzymes and precursors of coenzymes in...

Vitamins Are Important in Horse Nutrition

...of vitamin K can be safely added to the ration of a performance horse. Water-soluble vitamins, such as the B-complex vitamins and ascorbic acid (vitamin C), are not stored in...

Vitamins for Bone Health in Horses

Young horses require vitamins for growth. Some vitamins must be provided nutritionally, while others can be synthesized by the healthy individual. While vitamin D gets the lion’s share of attention...

Vitamins for Bone Health in Horses

The Story of B Vitamins in Horse Nutrition

...available with a consistent level of each of the vitamins. B vitamin supplements can be damaged by heat, light, and humidity. Furthermore, some B vitamins are incompatible with one another....

The Story of B Vitamins in Horse Nutrition

Chestnut horse galloping at liberty in arena

Vitamin C in Horse Diets

...to combat free-radical damage. Vitamin C also helps by regenerating vitamin E. Besides its antioxidant functions, vitamin C is needed for collagen synthesis, hormone synthesis, conversion of vitamin D3 to...

Fat-Soluble Vitamins in Equine Diets

...of vitamin D3 or inadequate dietary supplementation of vitamin D leads to improper calcification of bones. Vitamin D is added to horse supplements and feeds. No absolute requirement has yet...

Vitamin D Biology Cannot Be Extrapolated from Humans to Horses

...a nutritionist for Kentucky Equine Research. Vitamin D Levels in Healthy Horses Vitamin D exists in two main forms in the body: vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. Fungi on plants...

Vitamin E and the Performance Horse

Vitamin E is a non-toxic, fat soluble vitamin which has an important role in many physiological functions such as reproduction, immune response and nerve and muscle function. It also has...

Vitamins Are Important for Athletic Horses

Vitamins perform many critical functions in the horse’s body. Though they are needed in only small amounts, vitamins are important for many aspects of growth, tissue maintenance, and metabolic functions....

Does My Horse Need a Vitamin E Supplement?

...and unexercised horses. Synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha-tocopherol acetate) was less effective at elevating plasma tocopherol levels than natural-source vitamin E (d-alpha-tocopherol), and a micellized natural form of vitamin E was...

Vitamin D in Equine Diets

Vitamin D is actually a hormone, and adequate sunlight results in the production of sufficient vitamin D from 7-dehydrocholesterol in the skin. Hence, vitamin D is not required in the...