Saturday 30 May 2015

Hoof supplements

Essential hoof supplements for horses

Biotin is a B vitamin that helps jump start keratin production in the hoof.

Biotin occurs naturally in many feedstuffs commonly fed to horses such as oats, soybean meal, alfalfa, rice bran, and molasses.
This helps strengthen and improve the periople, hoof wall, sole, frog and white line.
Methionine is an amino acid and a source of sulfur that is an important building block of healthy connective tissues such as collagen and keratin. Plus it helps support biotin for maximum effectiveness.
Zinc is a mineral that helps prevent the destruction of keratin. It also produces the proteins found in skin and hair.


Zinc, in general, is involved with growth rates and healing. Zinc deficiencies retard the synthesis of DNA, RNA and protein, which are necessary for proper hoof condition and repair. Zinc deficiencies also impair cellular division and growth and repair of connective tissue.
Copper, manganese and calcium are all nutrients that help form a strong, healthy horn.
Lysine is an amino acid which helps maintain proper moisture and pliability of the hoof.
Of all the building blocks for protein, lysine is most often the key to improving protein availability, especially in grass hay based diets.

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