NV Vitamin B12: Vitamin B12 supplement for the treatment of macrocytic anaemia in horses and dogs.
Benefit: Vitamin B12 is essential B Complex vitamin vitally involved in many critical metabolic processes related to coenzymes for tissue formation DNA synthesis complete utilisation of carbohydrates and proteins for nervous tissue maintenance and energy production and blood counts. It acts in synergy in the formation of DNA and deficiencies can have serious consequences both in performance horses with a high tissue turnover rate and in pregnancy and growth of young foals. Clinically the first sign of deficiency is anaemia. Lack of Vitamin B12 can create anaemias. As the deficiency may be indistinguishable for either of these essential vitamins they are often grouped in one product for therapeutic and preventive use. Vitamin B12 is essential to the formation of Folic acid. Folate is abundant in fresh green feeds but processing feed rapidly destroys it. Vitamin B12 is useful to stimulate appetite in horses and is essential in maintenance of adequate blood counts.
Dosage and Administration: Give 5 - 10mL by intramuscular injection regularly twice weekly or as advised by a veterinary surgeon.
Pack Size: 100mL sterile multi-dose glass vial