Lysine

Lysine supplementation for horses has the following benefits:

• Improves protein and amino acid availability
• Balances a lysine deficiency stemming from the grass and hay eaten and the general diet
• Is essential for building, maintaining and supporting the development of horse topline and muscle mass,
• Aids collagen formation and the bodies ability to repair and maintain horse tissue
• Supports horses lacking stamina
• Supports excellent hoof growth and horse hair quality
• Boosts the immune system
• Supports a healthy nervous system and promotes overall horse health
• Supports the correct growth of young horses
• Supports the correct development of the equine foetus

Lysine is the essential amino acid most often deficient in the diets of horses.  Recent research has confirmed that diets containing at least 4.3% of their crude protein as lysine supports the same gains/growth at lower levels of crude protein because of more efficient utilisation of the other amino acids in the body. However lysine is rarely contained at these levels unless levels of lysine are supplemented daily, either through a horse feed balancer containing good levels or by feeding as a separate.