Winergy Ventilate or boswellia for respiratory issues

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My horse has been diagnosed with mild inflammatory airway disease. We are currently trying inhalers to try and reduce the inflammation and shift the mucous but I'm not entirely sure how much difference it's making and I'd like to do whatever I can to help.

Knowing that the vast majority of supplements have pretty much no evidence to support them I've been looking into various options and am thinking of trying either Winergy Ventilate or boswellia. The vet said the Ventilate is the only one that has any research at all to support its effectiveness so that would steer me to try that. I am also interested in the claims made that boswellia has anti-inflammatory properties though, and have heard a few anecdotal accounts of it having helped.

I just wondered if anybody had tried one or both and whether they found them to be helpful or not.
 
Just replied on your other thread but I have tried various supplements, but tbh none including winergy ventilate made a noticeable difference. That is the one I persevered with for approx 4 months as it does have research to support it and I found a lot of good reviews for it but unfortunately found it didn't help.
 
I have a good result with ventilate each time I have used it .
We had a fantastic result with one who arrived with a persistent cough which ventilate totally settled .
 
Thank you for the replies to this. I am very prepared for the fact that whatever I try it may make no difference but you have to feel like you're doing something don't you?

I think I will start with the Ventilate as that's the one that has the evidence to support it and then try the boswellia after that if the Ventilate doesn't work. Goldenstar, can I ask how long it took you to see results with the Ventilate when you've used it in the past please? Obviously it must vary from one horse to another but just so I have a rough idea of what to expect really.

I did have a brief look for Dr Kellon's research yesterday but could only see one study of three horses and I tend to get a bit jittery about the idea of things less mainstream like jiaogulan (I'm only considering the boswellia because a friend has used it with success and it seems to be an ingredient in quite a few mainstream products). I will look to see if there is any other evidence though if the first two options don't help.
 
Charlie31 said:
I did have a brief look for Dr Kellon's research yesterday but could only see one study of three horses and I tend to get a bit jittery about the idea of things less mainstream like jiaogulan (I'm only considering the boswellia because a friend has used it with success and it seems to be an ingredient in quite a few mainstream products). I will look to see if there is any other evidence though if the first two options don't help.
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If it helps, I've been using jiaogulan combined with AAKG for foot issues and haven't had any adverse reactions. Foot sensitivity has definitely improved (though whether this is just natural healing or whether the J + AAKG is actually doing anything I don't know. B happily (very!) eats the J + AAKG which I mix with about a tsp of linseed oil in a small trig, and he licks the bowl clean every time. The only "painful" thing about it is needing to feed it either 2 hours after a bucket feed or 20mins before a bucket.

I rate Boswellia as an anti inflammatory, however whether there is any activity within the respiratory system I haven't seen any info on that issue.

Have you tried anti histamine? If the RAO is allergeneic, an anti histamine may help, or other drugs which reduce the production of IgE.
 
Goldenstar said:
I have a good result with ventilate each time I have used it .
We had a fantastic result with one who arrived with a persistent cough which ventilate totally settled .
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Four days with the 'magic' result.
He was an Irish horse who shall we say had had a hard start he had lived on bad bedding had poor forage when he arrived I got him on good big shavings and haylege he had medication and we got him a lot better but the cough was still there after travelling in particular I put him on the ventilate and he never coughed again except for the odd time when turned out in summer which we think was pollen because he did it at the same time every year .
I have never used it and had no difference .
 
Thanks for that. I'll definitely look further into jiaogulan as a back up option if neither of the other ones work. It is good to hear first hand of people trying things as I do always worry about adverse effects!

I like the sound of boswellia as an all round good thing to try actually. I have read a few anecdotal accounts online of it helping with respiratory issues and I have a friend who uses it on her horse for this reason and feels that it helps, which is the main reason why I considered it in the first place actually.

I haven't tried anti-histamines, chiefly because we've been doing everything under the vet's advice and vets don't really rate anti-histamines do they? It could be worth a go now that you mention it though as my horse is a wider allergy sufferer, e.g. to certain foods and so on, and I have never been able to identify any particular trigger for the respiratory issues related to season or being stabled etc etc. I might well discuss that as an option to try with the vets if the current treatment doesn't work though. Given that vets don't seem to be generally supportive of the anti-histamines though I wonder if I'll be brave enough to try them without their support!
 
Goldenstar said:
Four days with the 'magic' result.
He was an Irish horse who shall we say had had a hard start he had lived on bad bedding had poor forage when he arrived I got him on good big shavings and haylege he had medication and we got him a lot better but the cough was still there after travelling in particular I put him on the ventilate and he never coughed again except for the odd time when turned out in summer which we think was pollen because he did it at the same time every year .
I have never used it and had no difference .
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Thank you for that, I think it has to be worth a try. Mine does not cough at all as his is more of a snotty issue but either way I think it's worth a go.
 
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