For those interested in Garlic..PLease read & Keep

[anastasia55555]

the difference between whether its good for us and not horses is that we dont rely on fermentation in the gut of our food, they do, and by killing off the bacteria its going to hinder digestion of food and absorption of nutrients

[midgey]

I am sure we could find some papers that swear by the good effects of garlic , the french have been eating it for years it is meant to have lots of health giving benefits.Perhaps you have to get the dosage right .To much of anything is bad for you otr your horse.

[Zuzan]

Allicin the bit of garlic that is anti microbial is only active whent he garlic is very very fresh... fresher than the "fresh" garlic you buy from the supermarket... it degrades very very fast"

Dried garlic has little or no allicin in it..

However it is a herb and should, as with all herbs, should be used with caution and not fed in large quantities as supposed fly repellent.

[Susan]

ZuZan take your argument to Jackie, she will answer you... and I am sure she will tell you still it is not good for horses.

[calekio]

I've never heard of garlic being bad for you or animals till now... its make more sense now that my cronic sweet itch pony has adverse reactions to garlic... it actually make him rub 10x worse!!

[blueali]

I used to feed garlic powder supplements years ago, then this year saw someone feeding whole fresh cloves to their horse so gave some to Blue, she refused to eat it. She's obviously been on the internet again researching her own health!

[heartshore]

Thanks for the warning guys!