Woody's Performance Horse Feeds -- An American Classic

CLUES TO ANTIOXIDANT DEFICIENCIES

Vaccination Failures: Any time vaccinated animals break with the disease, after excluding a bad vaccine as the cause an impaired immune system should be suspected. Evaluation of the antioxidant status of the herd is the obvious place to start looking for the cause.

Diarrhea: One diagnostic clue to antioxidant deficiency in a herd is a diarrhea in young animals resulting from multiple pathogens, that does not respond to antibiotics, fluids and electrolyte therapy. Treated animals usually do not die if they are treated, but require multiple treatments to keep them alive. This diarrhea will respond dramatically to antioxidant trace mineral supplement like AntiROM.

Infections: Infections of multiple origins following periods of stress and/or a high incidence of reproductive failure due to infectious causes may indicate a depressed immune system resulting from an antioxidant deficiency.

Reproductive Failure: Another diagnostic clue is: Reproductive Failure in apparently healthy animals, usually following a prolonged period of stress immediately preceding or during the breeding season. A high incidence of reproductive failure associated with infectious causes. High incidence of reproductive failure of older animals that are being culled before the normal age of reproductive decline for the breed.

Weather Cycles: A fourth diagnostic clue is: Poor reproductive success and/or growth in pastured animals occurring in yearly cycles with the poor success usually associated with years of drought or excessive rain fall.

Geography: Poor reproductive success and/or growth associated with a geographical area, one pasture on a ranch, one or more adjoining ranches in the county, an area of a state, several states.

Hair coat: Another clue is: Poor reproductive success and/or growth in animals with bleached out or sunburned hair coats. Black animals with brown highlights in the coat. Brown animals with blond or yellow highlights.

Hoof, Skin & Eye Problems: Reproductive and/or growth problems in animals with a high incidence of eye, skin, or hoof problems.

Endurance and Lameness: A frequent clue in horses is soreness or lameness of an undetermined origin following physical exercise, that is usually associated with lack of endurance during exercise. Many geriatric animals exhibiting these signs improve dramatically when supplemented with antioxidants as found in AntiROM.

Poor Growth: Any time the growth rates of young animals do not exceed breed averages, Antioxidant deficiency should be suspected. Breed averages are not necessarily those of the local area since it is not uncommon for large regions of a state or area of the country to have either an excess of a mineral that results in deficiencies, e.g., Western Nebraska has many areas with excess Iron and Molybdenum along with a deficiency of Copper, and a borderline deficiency of Zinc and Selenium.

Gastric Ulcers: A high incidence of gastric ulcers in horses is often a clue that an antioxidant deficiency should be considered.

White Muscle Disease: The presence of white muscle disease in a herd is the strongest indication for a complete nutritional analysis.

Tying Up: Monday Morning Disease: In horses this is the strongest evidence for doing a complete nutritional analysis of the stable, ranch or farm practices.

Wobbles in Horses: The EDM form of wobbles is known to be caused by, or antagonized by an antioxidant deficiency. EDM form of wobbles also responds well to antioxidant therapy. The establishment where the condition was diagnosed has a serious nutritional imbalance.

Woody's Performance Horse Feeds
An American Classic

info@woodysfeed.com
Woody's Performance Horse Feed Products
7th Avenue West, P.O. Box 1934
Dickinson, North Dakota, US 58601
(800) 342-9663 (Mountain Time)
(701) 225-5161; FAX (701) 225-1308