Various Components Of Equine Inflammation Management Supplements

By Anthony Johnson


People domesticated horses to help them in various things such as work, transportation, sports and even warfare during the older times. They have different behavior, locomotion, breeds, markings, colors, sizes and life stages with a specialized vocabulary in describing them. Young ones could walk when they were born usually and trained starting at two or four years old.

Because of their many uses in various fields, they could develop illness or their body would become weaker specially in old age. That is why they need equine inflammation management supplements to help them keep their good condition longer. These nutraceuticals have different ingredients with varying amounts in them making their effective vary in each horse.

Studies have been done for these ingredients in the past years to know what their real effects on horses are. This would help you in understanding which supplements could better help your animals as some have labels written with those they do not contain. The following are several components common to have in these nutraceuticals.

Glucosamine has been studied intensively among joint supplement ingredients and are considered the basic building block for every connective tissues. Some products might have them from natural sources like from cattle sternum or trachea. Others have hydrolyzed collagen from sources such as ligaments, tendons and skins.

Glucosamine is effective for relieving pain within ten to fourteen days sometimes and can slow breakdown in cartilage and encourage healing. Six thousand to ten thousand milligram of dosage each day is needed, particularly the latter dosage amount for working horses. Higher level is also suggested the first couple of weeks of their treatment to get a therapeutic level of this substance.

Combining products works best when the recommended therapeutic dose are contained in them of every ingredient. Example of this are glucosamine and chondroitin which works better together than when taken separately. Vitamin C is essential for healthy joints although having much of it is harmful and copper and zinc are antioxidants that can help.

Chondroitin is a structural component of tough connective tissues, bone and cartilage with its effects not very obvious compared to glucosamine. Observers report though that horses appear to move fluidly when they have taken this. Formal studies have mixed results about them with the prevention of further breakdown in cartilage found as its greatest benefit.

Combining both glucosamine and chondroitin shows superior results though when compared to using them separately. Many supplements are combining them although they have lower the dosage of what is required when taken independently. These products claim that when you combine them, you could lower the dosage and still have the same effect even when there is no study that proves this.

Some product, though not all, which combines these ingredients are actually effective but no studies could show why that happens. The best thing to do is to find a supplement with a full dose of glucosamine and closer dosage to the correct chondroitin one. Other ingredients are there for these supplements though these two are their major ones unless a new discovery can replace them.




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