Side effects of feeding garlic?

[saddlesore]

As above - are there any negative side effects? I seem to remember reading something on here a while ago about it affecting behaviour. I put my horse on garlic around 2 weeks ago to tempt him to eat his feed, but he has been more tense lately. Just wondering if that could be linked to the garlic?

 

[ellieplatt]

probly not, my horse has been on garlic nearly a year now. and he's great!!

 

[Toffee44]

A big sloppy garlicy kiss after dinner???????????? The horse does it too

 

[minmax]

Mine gets an upset tum on garlic. Makes him tense and diff to ride forwards. Have stopped giving it him, over a yr now and much better

 

[russianhorse]

My horse has had garlic for years

The only side effect is that his breath stinks lol

 

[PurplePickle]

, my husband whinging that the horses have stinking garlic breath

 

[kezimac]

not that i know of-can increase blood flow - i feed it to my navicular horse.

 

[saddlesore]

Thanks folks - lol at the garlic breath! I had a parents evening last night but had time to nip to the stables first, made his feed without thinking and then no matter how many times I washed my hands I couldn't get rid of the garlic smell - the parents must've thought I don't wash!

 

[Sparkles]

I thought it can do something to the blood or too much can lead to toxins or posoining or something? Only in excessive amounts obviously I'm guessing!


I'll google it....one sec lol.

http://www.equine-training.co.uk/vet11.htm

http://www.equisearch.com/horses_care/feeding/feed/eqgarlic528/


Not personaly dealt with any ill effects myself though!

 

[saddlesore]

Thanks very much, I'll go have a nosey. Just seem to remember a post on here a while back about negative side effects of feeding garlic - apart from garlic breath of course

 

[trundle]

When we fed Brooklyn garlic she produced the STINKIEST garlic farts ever. It was quite impressively disgusting. I never noticed her garlic breath, but maybe that's because it faded into insignificance beside the noxious pong from the other end....

 

[Spottyappy]

Had one who sweated like hell for some reason, on garlic....
Didn't have a problem with flies though!

He'd sweat even on a cold day, without rugs,so we had to stop giving it to him.

 

[Annagain]

I've heard it can make them itchy but not affect behaviour

 

[Firehorse]

i've jst started giving it to my boy. reasons being, he had the snots and a cough before xmas. nothing serious, jst for a day or two and garlic can help keep the airways clear. plus also for fly repellant come summer. if fed in large doses it can cause varying degrees of anaemia. but if u feed as recommended, then shud be no probs. i adore garlic myself and eat loads, so we must stink!!!

 

[bushbaby28]

Smelly owners- somebody walked into work the other day and said "my god this office stinks of garlic!"....maybe don't make feeds up before work!

 

[marmalade76]

I had a blood test done one my horse a few months ago and found out that he has a low red cell count. I did a bit of research and found that garlic can reduce red blood cells, so I have cut it out for my horse (after feeding it for years) as with a dodgy heart, he needs all the red cells he can get!

 

[brucea]

There was research that showed that daily garlic suplementation (I think reasonable volumes) could cause develoipment of Heinz Body Anaemia.