Help Your Horse Fight off Summer Allergies with our selection of Camelina Oil and Flax Oil Supplement Options!
Allergies in horses can develop at any time for a number of reasons. These allergies can significantly impact their health and well-being, affecting their performance, behavior and overall quality of life. Seasonal allergies for horses are a lot like humans and tend to be most common in the Spring and Summer months from a range of irritants like pollen, insects, and environmental conditions like dust.
Allergies are immune disorders caused by complex interactions of genetic as well as environmental factors and primarily affect the immune, respiratory, and integumentary (skin) systems. The body’s largest organ, the skin serves as the immune system’s first protective barrier making it a common site for the body’s expression of allergic reactions.
Camelina Oil and Flax Oil Supplement Options at Cherokee Feed:
Both camelina and flax oil options offer similar nutritional benefits, particularly for their high omega-3 fatty acid content. The store carries Purina Omega Match Ahiflower Oil and Dac Oil, along with two new options:
A balanced diet is vital for maintaining overall health and the best defense against seasonal allergies in horses. Although, horses have a very limited diet usually consisting of hay, alfalfa, and water. The nutrition coming from the common feedstuffs lacks vital nutrients, vitamins and nutrients, like omega-3 fatty acids that can dramatically help your horse fight the allergies discussed in this article. The products listed above are your best defense to Help Your Horse Fight off Summer Allergiess.
Other Health Benefits:
- Joint Health: Omega-3 fatty acids have an anti-inflammatory effect and can contribute to joint health, alleviating joint discomfort.
- Strengthening the immune system: nutrients in flaxseed and cameline such as Vitamin E, have antioxidant properties that supports your horse’s immune system
- Supporting metabolism: oil is essential for many metabolic processes in your horse’s body, therefore flaxseed oil can positively impact metabolism.
- Ease breathing issues
- Supports thyroid function
- Aids in glucose metabolism
- Promotes circulation and vascular health
- Supports hoof health
- Aids in gastrointestinal function
