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Having spent hours trawling the internet re joint supplements, ASU has been added to my horse's diet.

Does anyone else feed this? If so, how many mg a day? The retailers are suggesting 3mg after a loading dose of 6 mg, but the clinical trial data is for 6mg.

Any thoughts?
 
Apparently:
A dose of 300 mg per day of avocado soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) (containing 100 mg of avocado and 200 mg of soybean) has been used in most randomised clinical trials
I've not used it though
 
Interesting. Read about the dosage in an article in The Horse, so possibly a typo. 3mg is a lot more affordable! Thanks
 
I have been giving ASU to one of my Shire mares for the past year. I buy the 5 litres jug with the pump dispenser. She receives 3 full squirts in her feed once a day. I'm convinced the product has been beneficial to her joint health ever since she was diagnosed with arthritis in 2 pastern joints. I don't have the conversion for mgs per squirt, but can find out for you tomorrow.
 
I only did a brief search but they all were giving at least 300mg
They were discussing it's benefits for human osteoarthritis so I'm not sure what the dosage would be for a horse (definitely not 3!)
The small numbers of studies done have very similar results and do look quite positive (although this was in the short term with a decent dose)
 
I use it on one of my event horses who has coffin joint arthritis (he also has IRAP so the ASU is simply a maintenance supplement). As per the instructions on the tub, he has 50ml per day (not sure how that equates to mg) which is one syringe - and is about the same as Rutland H20's 3 pumps!
 
Erm, OK, looks like my unit use is a bit dodgy

The supplement claims to supply 3g a day on the maintenance dose and 6g a day when loading. Think brain has been frazzled by too much reading.

I'm adding ASU for the following reason. Have read that thinking is now a 2 pronged approach. Joint supplements to alleviate pain and also supplement that promotes joint health, but will not necessarily reduce pain. ASU (although does seem to be a pain reliever), is being mentioned for its joint health potential.
 
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