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Measurement of Serum Vitamin E Concentration in Clinical Cases

Measurement of serum vitamin E concentrations is used for the diagnosis of diseases associated with vitamin E deficiency as well as for other conditions that respond to vitamin E supplementation....

Importance of Vitamin E for Horses

...with vitamin E. Since esterification stabilizes vitamin E, commercial supplements usually contain tocopheryl acetates. Vitamin E appears to be the most researched vitamin at this time in production animals. Several...

Effects of Vitamin E Supplementation and Implications for Treatment of Neurologic Disease

...vitamin E concentrations. Horses suffering from neurologic disease may require more vitamin E than normal, healthy horses. Vitamin E supplementation and increased CSF vitamin E concentration can enhance the antioxidant...

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Is Your Horse Getting Enough Vitamin E?

...To determine vitamin E status, plasma samples from the horses were tested. “The amount of vitamin E in hay was considered minimal because the vitamin E content in forage declines...

Choose Natural Vitamin E for Horses

...hay, and fortified concentrates. Forms of Vitamin E Not all vitamin E is the same. There are several forms, or isomers, of vitamin E, but only natural vitamin E contains...

Vitamin K Supplementation and Neonatal Foals

...Vitamin K milk concentrations were significantly higher in mares supplemented with the soluble vitamin K product than the vitamin K3 supplement; A week after foaling, milk vitamin K concentrations had...

Vitamin K Absorption in Horses

...basic information about this fat-soluble vitamin.*,** Vitamin K1, also called phylloquinone, is found in green plants, and only small amounts are present in cereal grains; Vitamin K2, menaquinones, are a...

How Is Natural-Source Vitamin E Superior to Synthetic Vitamin E for Horses?

...oral doses of three different forms of vitamin E were evaluated in eight Thoroughbreds during three one-week periods. The forms tested were synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha-tocopheryl acetate) (SYN); natural-source vitamin...

A Close Look at Vitamin A in Equine Diets

...vitamin A. This vitamin is necessary for growth and overall health in horses, playing a key role in the development and maintenance of bones and connective tissue. Vitamin A is...

Understanding Vitamin E in Equine Diets

Vitamin E is one of only two important vitamins that the horse cannot produce itself and therefore must be provided in the diet. This vitamin requires a small amount of...

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Vitamin E in Equine Nutrition: Three Questions

Of all of the vitamins required by horses for their well-being, vitamin E has found a place of prominence among horse owners, likely because of its antioxidant properties that help...

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Vitamin E in Horse Hay

Horses depend on their diets for vitamin A and E. Because horses cannot synthesize these vitamins “in-house,” they must consume them from forages or concentrates. For horses that have access...

Do Horses Need to Take Vitamin Pills?

Horses produce all necessary vitamins except A and E in their bodies. These vitamins must be provided by the horse’s diet. Vitamins C and D as well as the B...

Water-Soluble Vitamin E for Horses Proven Superior

...eight weeks. Included horses were healthy, but all had low circulating vitamin E (α-TP) levels (<2 μg/mL). Horses were either administered no vitamin E, a natural vitamin E acetate powdered...

Understanding Vitamin E in Equine Diets

Vitamin E is one of only two important vitamins that the horse cannot produce itself and therefore must be provided in the diet. This vitamin requires a small amount of...