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RE: [RC] Vit C question - our nutrition guru or anyone with the know-how out there? - Susan E. Garlinghouse

Yes, you can feed ascorbic acid as a vitamin C source.  However, if you're
feeding enough that price per pound has become an issue, I suspect you're
feeding too much.  Supplementing with a little extra vitamin C (maybe 5
grams) per day ONLY during periods of significant stress (ie, during
transport, showing, etc) is fine.  However, the equine liver is plenty
capable of manufacturing all the vitamin C required the rest of the time.
If you supplement extra, than the natural synthesis slows down.  Between the
two, the natural, horse-made form is more available to the horse, so in the
long run, you're probably actually shorting your horse on the most bioactive
form available to him.  So my suggestion would be to provide whatever form
is most cost effective for you, but only provide it on stress days and then
mix small amounts in with other 'buffering' feeds, like some alfalfa.

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

-----Original Message-----
From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kristi Schaaf
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 8:08 AM
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] Vit C question - our nutrition guru or anyone with the
know-how out there? 

Is it alright to feed a horse straight 'ascorbic acid
powder' as a Vitamin C source? I can get that through
a health food outlet for $10/lb, compared to the 
Ester-C sold in the equine catalog that is at least
four times as costly (but that comes with claims that
it is the most readily absorbed and doesn't irritate
the equine stomach). Thanks in advance. Kristi iluvdez
at yahoo dot com


               
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