ALOE FOR HORSES
So some years ago I read a paper entitled STRAIGHT FROM THE HORSE’S MOUTH written by a Veterinary Surgeon, Peter Green. He referred to a novice eventer that had been suffering from dullness, poor exercise tolerance and a low white blood cell count. Treatment with traditional immune stimulants, plus multivitamins, had made no difference and the gelding had been rested for weeks. The horse was subsequently dosed with Forever Living’s Aloe Vera and within two weeks its owner was reporting a big improvement in ‘its demeanour and exercise tolerance’. Significantly for the Veterinary Surgeon, the white cell figures returned to normal within 3 weeks of the start of the course of Aloe Vera treatment. This improvement was maintained. A similar result was obtained with a middleweight show-jumper after a virus episode had gone through the yard. While the other affected horses all recovered, this one ‘remained dull, inappetant and completely lacking in exercise ability’. No improvement was seen over several weeks of multivitamins and antibiotics and ‘his white cell picture remained low with relative monocytosis’. Within 10 days of taking the Aloe Vera gel ‘the horse was brighter and eating well; energy and appetite for work also soon improved and when we sampled him three weeks after starting the course his blood counts were all normal, again for the first time in months’. After a second course of the gel (4 tubs in total) the horse was considered normal. Like I said at the beginning, that paper was written quite a while ago. Since then much more has become known about aloe and horses. On my ALOE VERA BOOKS page you’ll find my strong recommendation of a brilliant book by distinguished veterinarian David Urch BSc MA VetMB MRCVS. His ALOE VERA NATURE’S GIFT (Aloe Vera in Veterinary Practice) gives a rich seam of information about uses and benefits of aloe for horses. If you are a horse-owner or lover, do take a look! P.S. I've now found a more up-to-date paper by Peter Green, which you can read via the link:
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