Omega Equine Turmeric Extra – Horse Joint Supplement

Omega Equine Turmeric Extra – 3.5kg

Turmeric on its own is poorly absorbed, which is the practical flaw in feeding the raw spice out of a sack. Omega address it by building the supplement on cooked linseed meal — the oil carries the curcumin — and the analysis shows it: 27% oil and fats, 19% protein and 18% fibre, with added vitamin E at 200mg per kg.

Three ingredients in total: cooked linseed meal, turmeric powder and calcium carbonate. Omega set the rate at 4 to 8 scoops a day for a horse and 3 to 6 for a pony. They publish no weight for that scoop, so how long the 3.5kg tub lasts cannot be worked out honestly and no duration is given here.

Performance & Benefits

• Cooked linseed meal as the base, so the curcumin is fed with the oil that helps carry it.
• 27% oil and fats, 19% protein and 18% fibre.
• Added vitamin E at 200mg per kg as alpha-tocopherol.
• Three ingredients only — cooked linseed meal, turmeric powder and calcium carbonate.
• Omega link turmeric to soothing skin, healthy digestion and general wellbeing as well as joints.

Suitable For

• Horses and ponies needing support for joint comfort and mobility.
• Older horses, and horses in harder work.
• Owners already feeding raw turmeric who want it fed with linseed instead.
• Not a joint supplement with a measured active dose — Spillers Supple & Senior Balancer states 7.5g of glucosamine and 10g of MSM a day if you need a known figure.

Feeding

• Horses: 4 to 8 scoops a day. Ponies: 3 to 6 scoops a day.
• Omega publish no scoop weight, so no gram dose and no pack duration are given here.
• Omega publish no separate loading rate — the range above covers the whole feeding period.
• Mix into the feed and introduce gradually; the oil content is high.
• Clean, fresh water at all times.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: cooked linseed meal, turmeric powder, calcium carbonate.
• Additives: vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) 200mg per kg.
• Typical analysis: crude protein 19%, crude fibre 18%, crude oils and fats 27%, crude ash 9.5%, sodium 0.04%.
• 3.5kg tub. This is the only pack size Omega list for the equine product.
• Omega publish no curcumin percentage and no turmeric inclusion rate, so neither is stated here.

Care & Caution

• A supplement supports joint comfort. It does not treat, cure or prevent arthritis or any other joint disease.
• Persistent stiffness, heat in a joint or lameness needs veterinary investigation before a supplement is reached for.
• Turmeric is not on the FEI prohibited list, but rules change — check the current list for your discipline if you compete.