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step is complete, the best supplements will do another step to preserve the Alpha-Tocopherol. Heat/light/air will destroy this Alpha-Tocopherol quickly, so if the supplement is not esterified (a second chemical step), your horse will not be getting the Vitamin E he needs.
On the label, you will see the words Alpha-Tocopherol Acetate, and this means stabilized (OK in heat, OK in air). You can put it in a tub on a 90°F day, 2 hours early, and it will be OK. Look for a freshness date.
The easiest form to feed is a powdered supplement. Popping Vitamin E capsules is messy, often they are not freshness dated, may end up on the bucket sides and not in the horse, and cost more than concentrated Vitamin E.
Horses not on pasture need Vitamin E supplemented.
these required a chemical process to remove all other Tocopherols and leave only Alpha-Tocopherol. They are not pressed out oils from a plant and put in capsules or in a powder. Once this
If your horse needs 10,000 units and the product is 2000 units an ounce, it will take over a quarter pound of powder to get what is needed, due to it being packed in fillers and flavorings. You will go through a 2 pound tub
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in less than 10 days and that gets expensive. A Vitamin E supplement at 16,000 IU per ounce will require only 1 tablespoon per day to get over 5,000 IU and it is quick, easy, and economical.
Vitamin E is essential for your horse’s health. Most horses require a supplement source for optimal levels. The key is getting the most potent, stabilized, and correct form that is easy to administer.
Frank K. Reilly, DVM, is Senior Doctor at Equine Medical & Surgical Associates, Inc. in West Chester, PA. He has been in equine practice for 25 years and has worked on 6 world-record racehorses. He is a member of the AVMA, AAEP, and the newly formed AAPF professional farrier group. Dr. Reilly lectures at multiple events throughout the United States on equine Cushing’s, insulin problems, summer eczema and vitamin E deficiencies.
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