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Robert N. Oglesby DVM
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Username: dro
Post Number: 19051
Registered: 1-1997
| | Posted on Tuesday, Aug 21, 2007 - 9:45 am: |   |
I don't know if I am ready to start supplementing my horses with ginseng but this was a small but interesting study suggesting that it may improve the immune response to vaccination. Does anybody out there know what 16 gms (0.6 ounces) of ginseng costs? This is the approximate daily dose for an average horse.
DrO
Can J Vet Res. 2007 Jul;71(3):213-7.
Low-dose ginseng (Panax quinquefolium) modulates the course and magnitude of the antibody response to vaccination against Equid herpesvirus I in horses.
Pearson W, Omar S, Clarke AF.
Equine Research Centre, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario\. wpearson@uoguelph.ca
The purpose of this study was to determine if ginseng fed at low levels enhances a horse's antibody response to vaccination against Equid herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1)\. For 28 d, 5 horses received ground, powdered ginseng (35 mg/kg body weight, 1.7 mg/kg total ginsenosides) in molasses as a carrier, and 5 received molasses only\. On day 14, each horse was vaccinated against EHV-1\. The time course of the antibody response to vaccination was significantly altered in the horses receiving ginseng, a clinically relevant increase in antibody titer being observed by postvaccination day 2 compared with day 6 in the control horses\. The horses receiving ginseng also had a significant decrease in serum levels of sodium and a significant increase in serum levels of potassium\. No adverse effects of ginseng treatment were identified by hematologic and blood biochemistry profiles\. Thus, low-dose dietary supplementation with ginseng in healthy horses may be a useful adjunct to vaccination. |
Holly Wood
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Username: hwood
Post Number: 2140
Registered: 3-2001
| | Posted on Tuesday, Aug 21, 2007 - 12:20 pm: | |
Springtime, Incorporated, here I come. http://http://www.springtimeinc.com/product/40/3
(this is the People Product . . . didn't see that they have Ginsing for horses, but I bet if I mail your research article to them, it will be in the next catalog.) |
