horse diagnosed with arthritis in one knee- which supplement would be best??

[bgc]

hi, my horse (a 17.2hh 15y old hunter type) has been diagnosed with arthritis in one of his knees after a month of on an off lameness. had xrays today and found that he has it. the vet is coming out again on thursday to inject the joint, then after injection to give him a couple of days off and then bring him back into work.
so.. she said to give him a good joint supplement as well, what do people recommend? thanks x

 

[monstermunch]

Have a look on www.riaflex-equine.co.uk. The lady is very helpful and theres loads of info. I have found it to keep my oldie happy through winter and sound on the hard groound in summer. He has DJD in both hocks. Good luck with your boy.

 

[mudmonkey17]

Hi, i use blue chip dynamic for my boy plus devils relief, they keep a lot less stuff than he is without. He is in full work with these.

 

[happy_talk]

wouldn;t want to recommend a particular joint supplement, it's trial and error, but I would compare contents for a like for like comparison. Which brings me to dynamic. I would be incredibly sceptical that blue chip dynamic does anything in the joint supplement department. I couldn;t find anywhere that said how much MSM/glucosamine there was in the product, so contacted them:
"Dynamic contains 3500mg/kg glucosamine and 3500mg/kg MSM". In literature, 10g of glucosamine a day seems to be the working dose (commonly the loading dose of products if listed)- which would mean you need to feed 2.86kg of dynamic a day!!!!!!!!!!! I'll let you draw your own conclusions on that one!

 

[Totty]

Yes it is trial and errror. I had a17.2 large hunter also. Big Lad!! Had arthritis in his fetlocks etc. Tried a few and ended up using the following. Equimins flexijoint with Super Codlavine. In winter added No Bute. But when it started to get worse over the years went on to Cortaflex instead of Flexijoint. Worked well with him and carried on riding out until he told me enough was enough and retired to field.

 

[Maisy]

A friend of mine's horse has been diagnosed with arthritis in her elbow and has been put on a glucosamine/chondritine & MSM supplement. It is straight from the vet and is expensive (£90 a tub) but the vet has said that it is the best thing and is the correct dosage of each ingredient....

http://fellowesfarm.com/shop/product/fellowes_farm_joint_aid_plus/

 

[stroppymare153]

one of ours has very recently been diagnosed with arthritis in a coffin joint. when I asked the vets at the horspital about supplements they were pretty sceptical - saying that there were lots of extravagant claims made but very few real scientific studies done to support them. One that they did say had scientific evidence to show it gave some benefit was Gelatinaat by PrimeVal - again not cheap though £75 a tub!!

However, on a re-visit, the boss-orthopod said we could try cod liver oil as that often helps!

So, think you pays your money and takes your choice!!

 

[PrettyLittlePegasus]

Hi sorry I know this is an old post but what were his symptoms, was there anything apart from lameness?

 

[Damnation]

Stiffness, grumpiness etc.

Symptoms for one of my fellow liveries horses.

 

[ester]

7 year old thread damnation

eta
well really nearer 8 now I've added up correctly!

(and also read your post wrong as a reply to the new poster, its been a long week!)

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I prefer flexijoint joint cartilage had 100% success on it for 9 equines and 1 canine

 

[PrettyLittlePegasus]

Thank you
My gelding is really bad coming downhill bucking and tearing
Bone scans flagged widening of the sacroiliac joints but very mild he has had these medicated but also in his one knee X-rays have shown two small cysts in the carpol joint