Arthritis, Joint Injury, and Horse Supplements

If you have a horse suffering from arthritis or joint injury, there is no doubt you have tried just about everything to correct this serious situation. Your horse's overall health is important. Sometimes, though, surgery, exercise, and changes in diet are not enough to truly make a difference. For these problems, you may want to include horse supplements in the every day regimen of your horses.

How Horse Supplements Work

There are many different types of horse supplements on the market today. Those made specifically for joint care, however, are unique. They may serve a few different purposes:

They may slow the amount of cartilage that is lostHelp a horse's body develop new cartilage where the old has been lostReduce the amount of damage caused by joint fluid by slowing the destruction down

Supplements have been found to be very effective for treating certain kinds of joint disease, like arthritis. They have also been shown to be very helpful when it comes to treating pain and inflammation associated with joint injuries and joint surgery.

What is Horse Arthritis and How is it Diagnosed?

Horse arthritis is a degenerative joint disease in which the cartilage around the joints changes and breaks down. This leaves the joints unprotected as the horse moves, cause many different symptoms, such as:

PainInflammationSwollen jointsLoss of range of motionTrouble with movement around the jointStiffnessAttitude changes

Most of the time, horse arthritis is diagnosed through x-rays, ultrasounds, medical history, and observation of how well a horse is walking. Veterinarians may determine whether the horse's gait is wrong or not. They may also take an analysis of the joint fluid to see whether it is playing a role in the deterioration of the cartilage around the joint.

Remedies for Horse Arthritis and Other Joint Problems

There are several ways to treat horse arthritis and other joint problems.

Oral and topical anti-inflammatory medications. These types of medicines will help to reduce the inflammation around the horse's joints. They can also reduce some of the pain your horse experiences.
Medicines may also be injected directly into the joint to help with pain and swelling.
Ice packs can be used to lessen the amount of inflammation a horse has around the joints.
In the most severe cases, where the joint is torn and decomposed beyond repair, surgery may be needed. During the surgery, the joints will be fused together.
Horse supplements are a natural remedy for joint problems. They can work well for arthritis, joint damage due to exercise or strain, joint deterioration, or joints that are injured before, during, or after a surgery.

If your horse is suffering from arthritis or any other type of joint problem, consider using horse supplements to help with the many symptoms associated with these joint diseases. Your horse may experience a longer, happier, and healthier life because of the use of these supplements.

Equiform Nutrition has been a leader in horse supplements and natural equine health for the past century. We offer a complete range of horse supplements, including vitamin and mineral supplements, anti-anxiety aids, horse joint supplements and other products especially created to support performance.

We create our supplements using the most rigid standards of production and the highest quality and purest ingredients. We never use banned substances, so you can use our supplements with the confidence of knowing you are within regulations with horses running under rule.

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Arabian Racing Bloodlines

Following up on our previous article, which demonstrated how the exception to the rule can work out quite well, we will now get into more specific race horse blood lines. There are basically 4 types of horses that race in a para mutual setting. Thoroughbred, Standard Breds, Quarter Horses, and Arabians. Although now more and more tracks are also including Paints, and Appaloosa's. Since I am most knowledgeable about Arabian Bloodlines, we'll begin there.

The Arabian Horse is actually the foundation of all the Thoroughbred blood lines and the original 3 Arabian Stallions were actually the beginning of the entire Thoroughbred industry. The original 3 stallions were The Darley Arabian, The Godolphin Arabian Barb and The Bierly Turk. These Arabian Stallions were imported to England and all Thoroughbreds can be traced back to one of these three Stallions. But, more on that for a future article.

Currently, the leading Arabian Sire in the United States is "Burning Sands", and he has been the leading Stallion for six years in a row. Recently there has been a major influx of French Stallions to the U.S. and they are producing quite well. These stallions include, Chandaka, Kaolino, Felina Des Fabries and Virgule Al Maury. The number one Stallion in the U.S. for a decade or longer was "Wiking". Polish Stallions, Wiking included, were among the early predominant Stallions and they included such great stallions as Monarch AH, D A Adios, Czort, Sambor, Orzel, Mellon, Samtyr, and Kontiki. Some Russian Blood lines of note were the Stallions Patent, Novator, and RD Five Star. Representatives of Egyptian Stallions are Aswan, ZT Alibaba and MHF Eclipse. There are some winning Studs that reproduce themselves by producing many winners and then there are the Studs that are considered "Mare" producers; meaning their daughters produce winners therefore skipping a generation.

You need to pick a good mare to match up with these stallions and there are dozens of great producing mares. Some of the current stand-outs are: Dixie Darlene, Queen Kong, Frynch, Novelynn, More Odora, Sasanka, Royal Athena, Sambors Colors, Heaven Kan Wait, Halianna, Lady Wiking, Sabellina, Adorable, and the list goes on. I cannot stress to you the importance that the mare makes in the outcome of a successful racehorse. She is with the foal for the first 4 to 6 months of a foals life, not counting the 11 months of gestation she has and has a tremendous influence on the foal. So, in wrapping up this article, just remember NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF A FEMALE.

There are many places that you can go to research and find information about Arabian Racing.

Joy Cox has been involved with Arabian Racing for many years and held her trainers license.

http://www.onlineanimalinfo.com/

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