Stressed Horse Makes Dramatic Gain on Ration Plus™

Robert N. Ballinger, D.V.M. of Palo Duro Veterinary Services of Canyon, Texas studied the effect of Ration Plus™ on stressed horses. A herd of 67 mustangs recently gathered off the Nevada desert by the Bureau of Land Management was divided into control and test groups. All the horses were thin and had long, dull hair coats. Hay fed to the test horses received 5cc of Ration Plus™ per head daily.

After seven weeks, the supplemented horses had gained an average of 86.3 pounds versus 41.4 pounds for the control group-a 108.5% greater gain. Furthermore, supplemented horses shed their hair coats approximately two weeks before the others.

Overall, it appeared to the evaluators that the horses fed Ration Plus™ recovered from the stresses of shipment and changed environmental conditions much more rapidly than the control group and had significantly improved appearances.