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Iron supplements are commonly given to performance horses to help maintain their body iron reserves. Iron is a vital component of haemoglobin, which carries oxygen around the body and also myoglobin, which stores oxygen in muscle cells.
Horses performing stressful, high intensity exercise require greater amounts of dietary iron than less active animals. Iron reserves may also be depleted due to blood loss caused by injury, surgery, heavy worm burdens, bleeding stomach ulcers or lung bleeding. Iron is also lost in sweat. Horses in training, those under stress and those with ongoing blood loss may benefit from an iron supplement.
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