Good day! Here is some information about devil's claw and how you may effectively give it to horses.
Devil’s claw is a naturally occurring herb that cannot be patented. The reason being naturally occurring substances are not allowed to be patented. It is more like using an aspirin than using bute but is effective for horses. Devil’s claw can be used for inflammation and pain relief for horses. Research has established that devil’s claw extract can inhibit production of inflammatory and Cox-2. Cox -2 is an inflammatory cytokine which drugs like phenylbutazone, commonly known as bute, for horses and many recently marketed drugs for humans contain for the treatment of pain and swelling of arthritis inflammation. Cytokines are small secreted proteins which mediate and regulate immunity, inflammation, and hematopoiesis.
More recent studies on devil’s claw have found that it works more like aspirin and not like bute. Just as aspirin, it should not have the negative side effects on healing and the circulation that other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory (NSAIDs) drugs may have.
In other words, devil’s claw can be used in place of bute in some instances. It will not have the harsh side effects that may come with using bute. It can be very beneficial for arthritic horses.
Hope you find this helpful.
Skimbleshanks
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