When and What to Supplement

Posted by Ranvet NZ , 09 Jun, 2009

Veterinary, Vitamins/Supplements, Horse Health

Are You Feeding a Perfect Diet?
All performance animals are only as good as their diet allows them to be. A major proportion of animal health and performance problems worldwide originate from imbalanced or deficient nutritional provisions.

Vitamins & Minerals
One of the most integral nutritional provisions to the horse's diet is a balanced combination of essential vitamins and minerals, which are mandatory to optimize health and vitality. The requirement for supplementation is inherent with a horse performing any level of work. In the absence of optimum provision of vitamins and minerals (which are the co-factors for many metabolic processes), the horse cannot utilize the ration efficiently. Not only does this have ramifications for health, vitality and performance, it also results in the feed you are providing not being utilized efficiently which may equate to a waste of money.

Ranvet's scientifically formulated Ration Balancer® supplies optimal nutrients commonly deficient in many rations. Ration Balancer was formulated after analysis of over 300 rations in order to determine common areas which were lacking and is ideal to combat vitamin and mineral deficiencies where high quality pasture is not available. Ration Balancer is also an ideal coat conditioner, palatable and easily mixed into the ration.

Shhhh….Calm Down
Do you have a horse which is over-excitable? Does travel and competition or new environments make your horse flighty or nervous? Many horse owners experience a high maintenance horse or pony at some stage and it can be frustrating to travel to competitions and forfeit a good performance due to your horse's nerves. Employing the following nutritional strategies may be of benefit;

* Reducing starch and sugar intake from sources such as cereal grains, pre-mix feeds and molasses. These can be replaced with feeds lower in non-structural carbohydrates (NSC's) such as extruded barley, stabilised rice bran and oils.

* Bring a friend…horses are herd animals and don't like to be alone. A companion may calm your horse down.

* Feed a supplement containing magnesium. Additionally, tryptophan supplementation when required (particularly prior to travel or competition) may be beneficial.

Ranvet's Settle ‘em® contains highly concentrated Vitamin B1 and magnesium, which may aid in calming nervous and flighty behavior.

Ranvet's Calm paste® is our NEW tryptophan and B-Group vitamin single dose paste which may aid nerve function, muscle function and appetite in horses
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