BoneWise Vitamin & Mineral Supplement delivers the readily absorbable, natural calcium required for bone remodeling, maintains optimal levels of bone density when horses are most at risk for bone loss, provides additional trace minerals used to build strong bones and supports enhanced bone mineral content and bone turnover that encourages the swift repair of microdamage. This supplement supplies yeasts that support improved mineral and vitamin digestibility and vitamin D at levels necessary for healthy bone development
BoneWise positively affects the maintenance of optimal bone remodeling and healthy bone density. The unique calcium and trace mineral source found in BoneWise is derived from a calcareous marine alga known as Lithothamnion. The natural minerals in this exceptional ingredient are easily digested and absorbed by your horse.
Uses
Recommended for horses that are:
- Confined to a stall or laid up for any reason
- Exhibiting signs of bucked shins or developmental bone diseases
- Growing (weanlings, yearlings, 2-year-olds)
- In training or competing regularly
- Recovering from a skeletal injury
- Third trimester broodmares
Research has revealed that one of the keys to healthy bone formation is exercise.
- Exercise stresses the bone and stimulates bone remodeling. When horses are kept in stalls due to injury, relocation or a demanding training and competition schedule, stress on the bones is insufficient to maintain optimal bone turnover and bone density is quickly lost.
- Confined horses are put at increased risk for lameness and injury. The unique calcium source in BoneWise has been proven to support optimal bone mineral content and bone turnover, reducing the incidence of bone loss and the resulting lameness and injuries.
Remodeling is most active in young, growing horses, but horses of all ages experience it to some degree. There are two reasons for remodeling: firstly, it allows bones to adjust to the physical stress new activities put on the skeleton. Secondly, it replaces bone that has been damaged in injuries like fractures and it repairs microscopic bone damage caused by recurring microtraumas. The repair of microtraumas is particularly important to the equine athlete. Microdamage that is repaired too slowly or left unrepaired is a precursor to more severe injuries.