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Calcium is an important macro mineral, essential for bone growth, maintenance and development, particularly in young horses.
Deficiency in calcium has also been associated with tying-up in performance horses, as well as DOD (Developmental Orthopaedic Disease), seen in some young, fast-growing horses.
Calcium and phosphorus work together and horses require around twice as much calcium in the diet as phosphorus (a 2:1 calcium to phosphorus ratio). Cereals typically contain four times as much phosphorus to calcium (a 1:4 calcium to phosphorus ratio), whichis not ideal for calcium deposition in the body. The phosphorus is therefore present in a source which greatly reduces the calcium availability.
A calcium supplement will, therefore, need to be added to your horse's feed.
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