Equus – August 2019

Here’s a quick look at

the plants most commonly

used in products

formulated to improve

equine health.

By Gulsah Kaya Karasu, DVM,

with Christine Barakat

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erbal supplements for horses have

gone from novel to mainstream in

the last 40 years, just as they have

for people.

Their appeal is undeniable.

After all, herbs were our fi rst

medications. In ancient Greece, for example, willow

bark---the source of salicylic acid, the base ingredient

of aspirin---was used to relieve pain and fever. And all

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