Iron Deficiency in Horses:

Clinical signs: Fatigue or reduced performance.
Risk Factors: Increased demand or losses due to factors like pregnancy, lactation, excessive sweating, chronic bleeding.
Prevention: Short-term iron supplements for horses with products like Feratone, which contains iron sulfate and B Vitamins.

Vitamin E Deficiency in Horses:

Clinical signs: Gait abnormalities, muscle weakness, low head carriage, lying down frequently, neurological conditions, fertility problems.
Risk Factors: Poor pasture, dried hay as the main forage source, higher demand (performance horses, young, growing horses, breeding animals), illness.
Prevention: Administering Equine Supplements with vitamin E, especially for at-risk horses is advisable. Products like our Foran Equine’s Vitamin E Supplement are recommended

B Vitamin Deficiency in Horses:

Clinical signs: Lethargy, fatigue, underperformance, poor appetite, nervous behavior’s.

Risk Factors: Really common in horses in the Middle East. Essential B Vitamins are obtained through diet, they are water-soluble, not stored in the horse’s body. Hindgut microorganisms (microbiome) are affected by dietary changes, disease, parasitic burden, antibiotic use, stress or high exertion. A healthy microbiome usually provides the horse with its own B vitamins, but a lot of stabled horses don’t have a healthy microbiome and are therefore B vitamin deficient.

Prevention: Daily supplementation of B vitamins through the diet can be effective, especially for performance or racehorses, horses with compromised digestive ability, or poor appetite. Our B-Complete is a comprehensive b-vitamin supplement for horses as it contains all essential B vitamins for your horse’s best health.