Nutrient Requirements and Balancing Rations for Horses

Vitamin supplement for horses.

Maximize every body function....Aminovite Plus is a premium grade multi-vitamin feed supplement with added organic trace minerals and amino acids. It has been formulated specifically for horses. See also Ranvet 500

Which horses are prone to Vitamin and Trace Mineral deficiencies?

Vitamin and trace mineral deficiencies occur in all horse diets, making supplementation essential in order to ensure maximum body function and optimum athletic efficiency, growth and reproduction.

Stabled horses are especially prone to dietary vitamin and trace mineral deficiencies; paddocked horses, pregnant and growing animals in particular, are also exposed to deficiencies. Racehorses in training require  supplementary vitamins and trace minerals in their diet in order to meet the increased demands of strenuous work.

Vitamin and trace mineral deficiencies can play absolute havoc with your horse's overall body function, directly affecting their ability to perform at an optimum level.

Prevention is always better than a cure. Your answer is to feed 60g of Ranvet Aminovite Plus daily.

Organic trace minerals are used in the formulation.

Because Ranvet Aminovite Plus is a premium grade supplement, organic trace minerals are included in the formulation. The Copper, Selenium, Zinc and Chromium are two to three times more bio-available than standard forms of these trace minerals.

Description:

A premium grade multi-vitamin & mineral feed supplement formulated specifically for horses. Aminovite Plus uses chelated (organic) trace minerals for optimum bioavailability and absorption, and supplies added Prokura Yeast (palatability and added digestive enzymes). The best balanced choice for horses at stud or in full race and competition training.

 Directions For Use:

Mix the prescribed dose through the dry feed daily, spread over two feeds when possible.
A measure is provided. One level measure provides 30g
Racehorses in training 60g daily
Spelling horses, weanlings, yearlings 30g daily
Pregnant & lactating mares 30g daily
Stallions at stud 60g daily
Foals (creep fed) 15g daily

Pack Sizes: Provides sufficient AMINOVITE PLUS for:

1kg - 16 days for one horse in work, 32 days for pregnant / lactating / spelling horse
3kg - 50 days for one horse in work, 100 days for pregnant / lactating / spelling horse
16kg - 266 days for one horse in work, 133 days for two horses in work

Witholding period:

Aminovite Plus does not contravene the rules of racing in any jurisdiction.

Technical Issues:

Indications:

Irrespective of the quality of the feed ration or environment, the intake of essential dietary nutrients is likely to be deficient. Supplementation is essential for both;

(a) optimum growth, development and reproduction,
(b) to ensure maximum body function and athletic efficiency

Nutrient deficiencies occur as a result of adverse growing conditions, poor or depleted soils, the effects of sun and poor storage practices, and even processing of finished feeds.

Stabled horses are particularly prone to nutrient deficiencies (vitamins, minerals and trace elements), but paddocked, pregnant and growing animals are all highly susceptible, depending on pasture and feed quality, season, and environment.

Huge increases in daily requirements for essential nutrients are imposed by hard work
Racehorses in training and competition require supplementation simply to meet the increased nutritional demands imposed by strenuous work, plus the increased need for tissue repair and maintenance.

If any essential nutrient is not available at the time it is required, all tissue repair, growth, energy production and performance cease until the essential nutrient is obtained. In the case of performance nutrition, prevention is better than cure.

Some essential nutrients are required on a daily basis

The B group vitamins, for example, are water soluble and not stored in the body. They must be taken in on a daily basis. If any of the B group vitamins are deficient then energy production processes will suffer significantly – a common cause of poor performance.

Other essential nutrients are critical components of structure and function

Vitamin A is essential for all growth processes, including vision, bone remodelling in growing horses, tendon strength, mucous membrane integrity. Vitamin A is not manufactured by the horse – it must come from the diet.

Vitamin D deficiency can occur in horses stabled for long periods with little or no natural sunlight. A deficiency depresses calcium uptake, leading to stiffness, lameness, weak bones and swollen joints.

Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant which preserves cell membranes and protects from free radical damage during work. It is also essential to optimum fertility and breeding performance in mares and stallions.

Vitamin B1 is critically involved in carbohydrate metabolism to produce energy. Heavy sweating and work increase the demands for Vitamin B1. Required on a daily basis.

Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) is also critical for energy production from carbohydrates, growth, and efficient feed utilisation. Required on a daily basis.

Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine), in association with niacin, is critical for energy production and blood cell formation. Required on a daily basis, and often deficient in feeds.

Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin) is involved in protein, carbohydrate and fat metabolism, as well as working in conjunction with folic acid to maintain red blood cell production. Vitamin B12 contains the essential mineral cobalt.

Niacin is another water soluble B group vitamin required on a daily basis and used in metabolism of fats, carbohydrates and amino acids.

Pantothenic acid is a B group vitamin involved in carbohydrate, proteins and fat conversion into energy. Cereal grains are deficient in this vitamin, so it is essential when horses are fed high grain diets.

Folic acid is a B group vitamin which operates in conjunction with Vitamin B12 in red blood cell formation.
Choline is a B group vitamin essential in building and maintaining cell structures and in nerve impulse transmission. It is also critical to normal liver function and in fat metabolism for energy.

Selenium works with Vitamin E as a potent antioxidant. A deficiency can predispose horses to Tying Up. The chelated or organic form maximises bioavailability and absorption of this trace mineral.

Chromium is a trace mineral involved in Insulin production and carbohydrate metabolism.

Copper is essential for bone development, joint cartilage, connective tissue and the uptake and utilisation of iron. Mare’s milk is low in copper and abnormal bone development can occur in deficient foals

Zinc is a mineral essential for normal bone, cartilage and hoof development

Iodine can be deficient in late pregnant mares, and foals are either born dead or too weak to stand and suckle.

Cobalt is critical for the formation of the oxygen carrying component of red blood cells, and is an essential component of Vitamin B12. deficiency results in anaemia.

Summary

Aminovite Plus complements a well balanced diet by providing an adequate intake of essential nutrients. Higher daily requirements for these essential nutrients are found in horses subjected to the physical stress of hard racing and training, especially under normal stable conditions where high grain diets are normally fed and access to fresh green feed is often limited. It also assists in providing adequate essential nutrients when diets may be deficient in the essential nutrients required on a daily basis.

Supplementary vitamins and minerals are often required when absorption is impaired, as with diarrhoea or gastrointestinal upset, and certain liver conditions, while kidney conditions and lactation often cause increased vitamin excretion.

Exhaustive dietary evaluations conducted by Ranvet on a wide variety of equine performance diets both domestically and internationally, have confirmed that Aminovite Plus is particularly appropriate, and successful, at providing, and balancing, the required levels of the common essential nutrients found to be lacking in the majority of diets. In conjunction with Ranvet Salkavite (electrolyte supplement), Aminovite Plus is the most common nutritional additive used to successfully balance the majority of diets under evaluation in Ranvet trials.

Features: Benefits:

1. Supplies B group vitamins Essential for energy conversion from carbohydrates, proteins and fats, especially in high grain/high energy diets

2. Supplies chelated (organic) trace minerals Absorption and bioavailability increased 2-5 times over standard inorganic mineral complexes.

3. Supplies all essential nutrients commonly Efficiently balances deficient diets,
deficient in most diets particularly high grain diets or poor pasture.

4. Safe for stallions, pregnant & lactating mares, Does not contravene racing rules. Non-toxic.
foals and training horses

5. Powder for distribution through food. Does not sift out. Easily mixed into food

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Pack Size: Available in 3 pack sizes,1kg, 3kg and 16kg.

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