Garlic to keep flies away

I used to feed it to my boy with sweetitch and I never noticed a difference- not in the amount he rubbed his hair out anyway :rolleyes:
 
I think it's absorbed into the bloodstream and then the flies don't like the 'garlicky tasting blood' and will fly off and find the next victim. I could have it all wrong though :-/
 
Garlic is a member of the onion family, onions can have a toxic effect on horses. You couldn't pay me to give garlic to my horses.

However, I used to have a ponies off the moors and mountains, and they would reek of garlic in season, whether they were self dosing, just ate the tops or what I don't know, but they did eat it, probably only small amounts though.

Do some searches and make your own mind up.

Against http://www.thewayofhorses.com/07_10_garlic_horses.html

Dr Karen Hayes says http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/nutrition/feeds/eqgarlic528/

For http://www.equi-therapy.net/equi-therapy/herbal/garlic-horses.shtml although, to be fair, they do give a warning about over feeding the stuff

University of Guelph tests on effects of garlic http://www.horse-report.com/garlic-supplement-for-horses.html
 
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