Yucca Powder for Horses
Yucca powder is made from the stalk and the root of the yucca plant. Yucca is a desert tree that primarily grows in the southwestern portion of the United States. It's closely related to the Joshua tree, and they are very similar in size.
How Does Yucca Powder Work?
Yucca powder works by protecting the horse's joints from such conditions as arthritis and other inflammatory conditions that may cause pain. Baths and poultices can also be made from the powder and directly applied to skin sores or other skin conditions. It can also be applied to a sprain or an area that has joint inflammation.
What Are the Active Ingredients That Make Yucca Work?
The active ingredients are the saponins, which serve as the primary medicinal agents in the plant. These are both water-soluble and fat-soluble saponins. Saponins are very closely related to steroids. They work in the horse's body to help reduce inflammation and pain. They also work to lower the immune response that’s causing the inflammation.
What Does Yucca Powder Do for Horses?
Steroids have long been shown to help slow down the production of glycosaminoglycans (GAGs), the major components of joint tissue. As a result, using yucca powder in your horse’s feed has been shown to promote efficiency and growth. It also helps to diminish the presence of ammonia in the horse’s manure, thereby reducing the odor. Yucca also helps decrease the inflammation and arthritic pain that often arise in the joints as many horses age.
What Are the Key Health Benefits of Yucca Powder for Horses?
There are many benefits of yucca for horses. Those who use yucca powder for their horses find that the horses are better able to get around and have fewer incidences of inflammation and tenderness.
Yucca powder works well to improve the following conditions:
How Do You Feed Yucca Powder to A Horse?
Yucca powder is mixed with the horse's feed at the ratio of one to two tablespoons of the yucca powder per horse per day. You can also use the supplement as a poultice by mixing it with sterile water to form a paste. The paste can then be applied to swollen joints or other tender areas on the horse’s body.
Adding yucca powder to your horse's diet may help to improve your horse's mobility, reduce pain and inflammation and ease the symptoms of aging. Yucca powder has long been used by professional horse trainers and horse fanatics to help reduce the symptoms of aging and pain.
Try Our Horse Yucca Powder Today
Kauffman's Yucca powder for horses is backed by decades of dedication to optimal horse health. With long-standing relationships with feed manufacturers and dealers and strong ties to the horse racing industry, our supplements have been highly recommended by equine lovers since 1978.
Request a sample or place your order today and discover why Kauffman's horse yucca powder is one of the best equine supplements available.
