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Where do I start?
New to omega-3 in horses? Read the full guide, which covers what ALA, EPA and DHA are, where a horse gets them, and what the equine research has shown.
- I'm not sure what my horse needs: my horse is not quite right
- My horse coughs in the stable: dust, forage and omega-3
- My horse has itchy skin, hives or sweet itch: what the skin needs
- My horse has arthritis: what the joint research has measured
- My horse is on restricted grazing: omega-3 for metabolic horses
- My horse is in hard work: exercise, inflammation and recovery
- My horse is coming in for winter: what changes when the grass stops
- I already feed linseed: what linseed does, and what it doesn't
Where horses get omega-3
- Why the form of omega-3 you feed determines whether it worksAmount is not the whole story, and form decides what reaches the horse.
- The diet most horses ate for thousands of years, and what changedHow modern management moved horses away from fresh grazing.
- What happens to omega-3 when grass becomes hayCutting and drying grass takes most of the omega-3 with it.
- My horse is coming in for winter: what changes when the grass stopsWhat a horse stops getting when it comes in for winter, and how to make it up.
ALA, EPA and DHA
- Why feeding linseed makes sense for coat, and what it doesn't doLinseed supplies ALA, and what that does and doesn't cover.
- The difference between ALA and EPA/DHA, and why it's not just chemistryWhat separates the plant omega-3 from the ones cells use.
- The conversion step horses depend on, and why it often falls shortHorses turn very little ALA into EPA and DHA.
- Fish oil or algae oil for horses?Where the EPA and DHA in fish oil comes from, and how the two oils compare.
Omega-3 in the horse
- My horse is not quite right: supporting it naturallyWhat a cough, a hive and a stiff joint have in common, and where to start when you cannot pinpoint the problem.
- When horses start coughing: dust, forage and omega-3Breathing, stable dust, and what the airway trial found.
- Itchy skin, hives and sweet itch in horses: what the skin needsWhat skin is built from, and what the sweet itch and allergic skin studies found.
- DHA for horses: what actually happens when you feed itWhere fed DHA goes in the body, study by study.
- Omega-3 and horses' joints: what the research has measuredArthritis, joint fluid, and what the equine and dog studies found.
- Omega-3 for metabolic horses: grazing, hay and DHARestricted grazing, and what the equine metabolic studies found.
- Omega-3 for horses in work: exercise, inflammation and recoveryThe inflammatory response to hard work, and what the training studies found.