Broad-spectrum multivitamin supplement
- during intense training and competitions;
- with pronounced stress reactions or increased nervousness;
- with poor condition, exhaustion, muscle weakness, skin inflammation, or impaired hair and hoof formation;
- during gestation and lactation, as well as during the intensive growth of young horses.
A feed supplement for horses containing B vitamins, iron, magnesium, and calcium in organic form. B vitamins are vital compounds involved in all cellular processes.
Vitamin B1 regulates carbohydrate metabolism. With its deficiency, pyruvic acid accumulates in the blood, organs, and muscles, exerting a toxic effect on nerve endings and causing inflammation of nerve trunks. It is necessary for horses undergoing heavy physical exertion (it breaks down lactic acid). Signs of deficiency: metabolic disorders affecting nervous and muscular activity (difficulty breathing, unsteady gait, convulsions, and paralysis).
Vitamin B2 is involved in the body’s enzyme systems that provide redox processes in cells, carbohydrate and fat metabolism, and amino acid metabolism. Signs of deficiency: skin inflammation, exhaustion, impaired hair formation, muscle weakness.
Vitamin B3 affects the state of the nervous system, reproductive function, and skin. Signs of deficiency: skin inflammation, graying of hair, fetal resorption, necrosis of the intestinal mucosa, fatty infiltration of the liver, loss of milk production; it plays a major role in fetal development.
Vitamin B5 is a component of the enzyme system and is essential for all cells and tissues of the horse’s body; it participates in cellular respiration and the absorption of organic substances from feed. Signs of deficiency: pellagra (rough skin); intestinal inflammation, diarrhea.
Vitamin B6 is part of the enzyme system in the horse’s body, which accounts for its importance in the digestibility of feed nutrients. It is related to protein and fat metabolism. Signs of deficiency: anemia, impaired digestive function, skin inflammation, discoloration of hair, stunted growth.
Vitamin B12 plays an important role in the utilization of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins from feed, as well as in hematopoiesis. Signs of deficiency: causes anemia, lethargy, increased thirst, and reduces feed utilization; it is not found in plant feeds.
Vitamin B9 plays a role in the formation of blood cells. Signs of deficiency: weight loss, edema, hair loss, anemia. Stabled horses may not receive enough of this vitamin, which can lead to anemia.
Vitamin H is necessary for body growth; its deficiency causes skin lesions, paralysis, and weight loss. Additional biotin is necessary to improve the condition of the horse’s hooves — 20 mg per animal/day for at least 6 months. Biotin deficiency can be one of the main causes of cracks and brittleness of the hoof horn wall.
Calcium is the main mineral element that ensures keratin stabilization and the integrity of the hoof wall; calcium deficiency causes a predisposition to brittle hooves and cracks in the coronary band area. Long-term deficiencies can lead to bone diseases, muscle problems, and musculoskeletal disorders.
Magnesium is responsible for the activation of many enzymes, participates in muscle metabolism, and affects the metabolism of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Signs of deficiency: lack of appetite, fatigue, excitability, nervousness and sweating, or neuromuscular symptoms such as muscle tremor, muscle strain, and cardiovascular disorders, premature birth (magnesium is a component of more than 300 enzymes in the body).
The normal functioning of cardiac and skeletal muscles, as well as nervous tissue, depends on the correct ratio between calcium and magnesium. Magnesium also plays an important role in sodium and potassium metabolism and a key role in many essential enzymatic reactions, especially those related to energy metabolism.
Iron is necessary for the formation of hemoglobin and is an important element in supplying the body with oxygen. Signs of deficiency: decreased performance, lack of appetite, weight loss, anemia.