Citrus C/Q is a unique blend of vitamins, including Quercetin, and vitamin C elements needed for the healthy growth of teeth, bones, gums, ligaments and blood vessels. These nutrients help protect against cellular damage and work to enhance healing, bone modeling, and connective tissue construction. This blend will benefit horses immensely by providing them with the nutrients they need to support their respiratory system and immune system. Also great for allergies!

*Combines well with Equinacea, Garli+C and Bleeders Blend.

Did you know that Vitamin C can help horses battling heaves?

Vitamin C and its cofactors--the bioflavonoids like hesperidin, rutin and quercetin-- are ingredients you definitely want to look for in supplements for horses with COPD.

A study in the January 2004 American Journal of Veterinary Research looked at the vitamin C levels in fluid form the lungs of horses with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and compared it to normal horses. Significantly lower levels of active vitamin C were found in the airway fluids from horses with COPD, commonly called heaves. The lowest levels were in horses that also had active inflammation, but even currently assymptomatic horses had levels lower than normal controls. A previous study by the same authors had documented lower level of inflammatory markers in horses given an antioxidant supplement.

Vitamin C is an antioxidant, important in controlling tissue damage during inflammatory states. Other studies also clearly demonstrated oxidative stress in the lungs of horses with COPD/heaves, though, so these latest findings aren’t a total surprise. What they do, however, is document for the first time that vitamin C specifically is in short supply. – The Horse Journal