Traditional feed does not provide the vitamins that a horse needs to produce and maintain high performance

What does a horse require?

There are two levels of requirement:

The vital needs
which are the minimum amount of each vitamin necessary to maintain 95 % of horses in good health (‘requirement’).

 The optimum needs (table 1) are those required to bring the horse to and maintain it, at its maximum potential (‘allowance’).
For high performance horses, the optimum needs are those which should be considered.

A distinction must be made between:

Fat-soluble vitamins
 and Water-soluble vitamins
These are vitamins A, D3, E, K. soluble in fats and oils.
If they are not needed for immediate use, they can be stored in the fatty tissues and fatty contents.
Although it takes several weeks to deplete good stores of fat-soluble vitamins, they should not be allowed to run too low.
To maintain the horse at a peak of metabolic efficiency, we recommend a daily supply of fat-soluble vitamins. This is also the most economic method.		 Those are the 10 other vitamins (B1, B2, B6, Niacin, Pantothenic acid,Biotin, Folic acid, B12, Choline,Ascorbic acid) They are fully or partially soluble in water. They are not retained in the animal body for more than 24 to 48 hours.
A daily supply is therefore absolutely necessary.

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