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Discussion on Good human generic vitamin
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Member:
leslie1
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Posted on Friday, Apr 27, 2007 - 6:03 pm:
Has anyone found a good human generic vitamin/mineral (without iron) for their horse?
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Member:
mrose
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Posted on Friday, Apr 27, 2007 - 7:13 pm:
Just a specific vitamin, like B12, or multi-vitamin/mineral combo? If multi-vitamin, horses need different proportions than people. I'd think it would be much easier to get the right vitamins, and right mineral ratios with a horse vitamin/mineral combo, and that it would be a lot less expensive too.
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leslie1
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Posted on Friday, Apr 27, 2007 - 11:50 pm:
hi Sara,
thanks Sara, it sure seems that way. In DrO's article he recommends a human generic ( 1 tablet per 200lbs.) as they are cheaper and fresher, but Im actually having trouble finding any that dont have iron and dont have extra stuff such as thistle, echinacea, rose hips, folic acid etc... Ive looked all over.
Ive used the human generic Costco brand gluco/ chonDrO and it was cheaper. But it was pretty straight forward with only gluco/chonDrOitin. There was 1200 mg of each ingredient and so I gave 4 pills a feeding.
We have a selenium and copper problem here with our hay. So I really need to put my girls on supplements. The new baby has really been licking up a storm on the salt/mineral block. Every time I look out there shes licking it.
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mrose
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Posted on Saturday, Apr 28, 2007 - 12:28 am:
I assume not enough selenium? Our local feed stores sell a loose mineral combination called "12-12." I'm not sure who makes it. I just leave some loose in a bucket hooked to the paddock fences and the horses eat it at will. Since feeding it I've noticed that wood chewing has stopped. Friends of mine say their horses used to chew tails before they started using it. When it's first put out the horses seem to crave it, then back off of it quite a bit. Maybe you could find something like it? It's pretty inexpensive. I had to find vitamins for my dad that didn't have iron in them as he's on Cumidin (sp?) It was very difficult to find them.
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DrO
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Posted on Saturday, Apr 28, 2007 - 7:39 am:
Sara, while you are right about different requirements, we do not recommend horse vitamins (which can be found in a number of different formulations that do not meet NRC requirements either) in general because of the way they are handled and no one checks these products for labelling accuracy. On top of this they are often way over priced.
However you can make a pretty good stab at supplementing the vitamins horses are likely to deficient at using human products at slight lower than dosages than recommended for humans. You will find our recommendations for who should get vitamins and dosages in the article on vitamins. Leslie, any name brand generic general vitamin supplement will be fine and those that add small amounts of iron, while unlikely to be needed, do not add enough to be a problem.
Concerning the mineral problems that is covered in Horse Care » Equine Nutrition, Horse Feeds, Feeding » Minerals and Nutrition.
DrO
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mrose
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Posted on Saturday, Apr 28, 2007 - 10:32 am:
Thanks, Dr. O. I've more reading to do, obviously. I have noticed how difficult it is to find any type of vitamin that has the right requirements, or supplements that have the right balance of ingredients, and have wondered why it is so hard to find the right mix. Are mfgs. just ignorant? Or is it done on purpose so you have to buy several products?
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Member:
erika
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Posted on Saturday, Apr 28, 2007 - 2:07 pm:
Usually formulas labeled for "Men" don't contain iron. Also some of the "Silver" types for older people.
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Member:
leslie1
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Posted on Saturday, Apr 28, 2007 - 2:07 pm:
Thanks DrO and sara
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New Member:
klowe
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Posted on Tuesday, Oct 9, 2007 - 11:34 am:
FYI: Human vitamins labeled "Senior" in general do not have iron in them.
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New Member:
cpaddock
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Posted on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 - 5:08 pm:
How do you feed the human multi-vitamin to the horse? Grind it up in a food processor and mix the powder into their feed?
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Moderator:
DrO
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Posted on Tuesday, Oct 25, 2011 - 9:01 pm:
I don't have a situation that requires vitamin supplementation (see article on Nutrition Overview for more on this) but I suspect any easy way of crushing the vitamin will work Carolyn.
DrO
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