Horse Vitamins & Supplements

Richtafort Phosphorous 125 + Vitamin B12 Injection for horses, cattle and dogs is a high potency phosphorus injection which also provides additional vitamin B12.

It gives 500mg of phosphorus at the recommended dose (25mL) and supplies fast, reliable, predictable phosphorus for the athletic horse.

Phosphorus is essential for bone and skeletal development. It promotes carbohydrate metabolism, energises skeletal and cardiac muscle, and supports metabolic function. Vitamin B12 influences red blood cell production and improves carbohydrate and protein utilisation.

Phosphorus is not produced by the body, it must be externally supplied. Horses can get phosphorus in grains, hay and roughage, as phosphorus supplements such as mono sodium phosphate, or as inorganic phosphorus (the most available phosphorus) through Richtafort 125 phosphorus supplement + vitamin B12 injection.

Phosphorus from grains, hay and roughage is variable. The absorption of oral phosphorus is low (30–50%).

The athletic horse needs more phosphorus to replace phosphorus used up at all levels of exercise (slow and fast work, walking, swimming, etc.), to replace phosphorus consumed at racing and for bone, cartilage and joints.

The immediate source of muscular energy includes compounds that require phosphorus for their formation. These include adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and glycogen.

ATP is the immediate fuel for all muscular reaction and must be present in the muscle cell at all times.

Creatine phosphate is a major storage form of high energy phosphates in the muscle. Creatine phosphate is required for muscular contractions. It is reported to delay the onset of muscular fatigue.

Richtafort is a predictable and reliable phosphorus supplement for horses.

• Begin treating horses with Richtafort when they start racing.
• Treat horses regularly with Richtafort (once a week).
• Treat with Richtafort after racing to replace phosphorus "used up" by muscular activity.
• Horses that are "picky and poor eaters" can be treated with Richtafort.

Active Constituents

Each mL contains:

• Sodium Oxybenzyl Phosphinic Acid 125mg (equivalent to 20mg/mL Phosphorus)
• Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) 50µg/mL

Directions for Use

By intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection.

Horses

5mL per 100kg bodyweight

Cattle

5mL per 100kg bodyweight

Dogs

5mL per 10kg bodyweight

Repeat every second day or as required.

Size

100mL

DL-Acetyl Methionine Injection acts to detoxify the liver.

LIVER PROTECTANT:

An early study in horses confirmed methionine administered prior to or within 2 or 4 hours after exposure to a liver toxic agent (chloroform) protected the liver from injury.

Methionine by injection should prove useful to protect the liver against certain types of
injuries and aids organ repair.

Several other reports indicate methionine, an essential amino acid, assists in the breakdown of fats in the liver (fatty liver disease – cattle). Also it detoxifies the liver and the body of heavy metals. 

DL Methionine protects tissue from free-radical damage. As a lipotropic agent, it plays a fundamental role in healthy liver function. It has antioxidant activity, protects the liver and lympathatic system and other tissues throughout the body against free-radical damage. 

A recent report indicates methionine exerts an antioxidant effect although the mechanism is yet unidentified. 

The findings of this study demonstrate that methionine reduces free-radical formation in
endothelial cells. This novel, indirect antioxidant action might be relevant for prevention of inflammation and oxidative stress.

Methionine is not synthesised by the body and must be supplemented.

DL METHIONINE INJECTION 50mL:

Composition:
Acetyl-methionine 200 mg/mL.

Actions:
Detoxification of the liver.

Indications:
Supportive treatment of liver disease (protection of the formation of free-radicals in tissues).

Withholding Period:
NIL Racing. It is preferable to suspend administration 48 hours
before racing.

Administration:
Administer by slow IV injection:

Dosage:
Horses: 10mL per 100kg bodyweight

SIZE: 50mL

Vitamin B Complex Injection is a concentrated source of essential B group vitamins that support energy metabolism, red blood cell production, nervous system function, and overall health in horses. It is particularly beneficial for performance horses, horses under stress, and those recovering from illness, injury, surgery, or parasitic burdens.

As water-soluble vitamins, B vitamins are not stored in large quantities by the body and require regular replenishment. Supplementation may help support horses during periods of increased physical demand, stress, reduced appetite, or recovery.

Key Benefits

• Supports normal energy production and metabolism
• Helps maintain healthy nerve and muscle function
• Supports red blood cell formation and oxygen transport
• Assists horses during periods of stress and hard work
• May help support appetite in horses with reduced feed intake
• Supports recovery from illness, injury, surgery, and parasitic burdens
• Suitable for performance, working, and ageing horses

Contains Essential B Vitamins

• Vitamin B1 (Thiamine) – supports energy metabolism, nerve function, and muscle health
• Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) – involved in energy production, growth, and skin health
• Vitamin B3 (Nicotinamide) – supports red blood cell production and healthy metabolism
• Vitamin B5 (Pantothenate) – plays a key role in energy release and metabolism
• Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) – supports protein metabolism, nervous system function, and red blood cell formation
• Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin) – essential for healthy blood, muscle, and intestinal cells

Suitable For

• Performance and competition horses
• Horses in training or heavy work
• Horses experiencing stress or reduced appetite
• Recovery following illness, injury, surgery, or worm burdens
• Older horses requiring additional nutritional support

Dosage and Administration

Administer 5–10mL by intramuscular injection twice weekly, or as directed by your veterinarian.

Pack Size

100mL sterile solution for intramuscular or intravenous injection.

Actions:

VITAMIN B1 INJECTION provides the essential vitamin Thiamine. 

How Does It Work?

Thiamine (Vitamin B1) plays an important role in the metabolism of carbohydrates and energy production for all cells. Thiamine is most important in the breakdown of pyruvic acid a waste product in hard working muscles along with lactic acid. In any situation where carbohydrates are the major energy source or when glucose is added to the diet thiamine requirement is increased significantly. 

Thiamine is essential as part of the coenzyme which is involved in the breakdown of glucose for energy.

Thiamine in conjunction with Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) is essential in the metabolism of proteins and amino acids. Thiamine has effects on all tissues. The most sensitive are nerves stomach and heart.

Free Thiamine cannot be stored in the body and it is rapidly absorbed from the intestine or blood as well as from injection sites. Like all B Complex vitamins Thiamine is water soluble so it is rapidly absorbed and excreted from the body and requires regular supplementation especially in hard working animals when dietary input will probably not be sufficient.

Thiamine is found in both meat and cereal products. Small amounts are manufactured in the gut as long as horses are not under stress.

Thiamine in food is destroyed by cooking. Beef loses up to 75% of its Thiamine when cooked.

High doses of Thiamine are reported to help calm nervous or over excitable horses.

Clinical signs of Thiamine deficiency include fatigue muscle weakness loss of appetite and increased heart rate. (This may be an important factor in endurance horses fed high grain diets).

Many of these signs can be traced back to increased tissue levels of lactic and pyruvic acids. Nerve cells are particularly dependant on carbohydrate metabolismand normal nerve function is greatly effected by increased levels of these acids during hard work.

Indications:

None

Dosage and Adminstrations:

Give 5 - 10mL by intramuscular injection regularly twice weekly or as advised by a veterinary surgeon.

Pack Size:

100mL sterile injection for intramuscular or intravenous injection.

Injectable phosphorus and vitamin B12 solution to supplement animals.

Composition
Each 1 mL of the injectable solution contains:
1-(n-Butylamino)-1-methylethyl phosphonous acid (Butaphosphan) 100 mg
Cyanocobalamin (Vitamin B12) 50 μg
Methyl-p-hydroxybenzoate as preservative 1 mg
The solution contains 17.3 mg of phosphorus in 1 mL.

Dosage & Administration:

Dispose of broached vials within 28 days of opening.

Intramuscular or subcutaneous injection via sterile technique.

To be used by or under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon.

Volumes of more than 20mL should be split and given at several intramuscular sites or given subcutaneously.

Repeat daily if required.

In chronic disease give half the above dosage at intervals of 1-2 weeks or less. In healthy animals give half the dose above.

Withholding Periods

MEAT: 0 days 

MILK: 0 days 

Export Slaughter Interval (ESI): 0 days

Pack Size

100mL bottle 

• For horses and dogs that may benefit from vitamin, mineral and amino acid supplementation.
• To aid in the treatment and prevention of tying up associated with either selenium deficiency or amino acid insufficiency.
• Improves available energy supply, helps to delay the onset of fatigue and improves recovery from strenuous exercise.

Composition:
Tripart Injection : Each mL contains selenium (as sodium selenate) 1 mg, magnesium aspartate 20 mg, potassium aspartate 20 mg, nicotinamide 60 mg, arginine hydrochloride 100 mg, lysine hydrochloride 50 mg, cyanocobalamin 500 microgram.

Actions:
Selenium is a component of the enzyme glutathione peroxidase, an enzyme which catalyses the removal of free radicals. Selenium deficiencies cause muscular disorders such as muscle weakness, lameness and muscular dystrophy syndrome.
Magnesium and potassium are involved in muscle contraction, nerve function and cellular metabolism, and may aid in muscle recovery following exercise.
Arginine and lysine are essential amino acids.
Cyanocobalamin (vitamin B12) is necessary for general metabolism and nervous function, and is involved in blood cell formation.

Dosage and Administration:
Administer intramuscularly or subcutaneously once weekly or as directed by a veterinary surgeon.
Horses : 5 mL/100 kg bodyweight
Racing Dogs : 0.5 mL/10 kg bodyweight

Pack size: 100mL

Injectable organic phosphorus, folic acid and vitamin B12 supplement for horses, dogs and cats.

Indicated for performance, exercise stress and recovery.

Foliphos Injection 100mL Composition

• Butaphosphan – 100mg/mL
• Folic Acid – 2mg/mL
• Hydroxocobalamin Acetate – 0.05mg/mL

Description

Injectable phosphorus, folic acid and vitamin B12 supplement for cats, dogs and horses.

Actions

Phosphorus is essential for cellular energy production. It is a major component of ATP, the energy source for muscles, and of creatine phosphate, the muscle storage form of high-energy phosphates.

Phosphorus also acts as a blood and urinary buffer to maintain body pH and is an important structural component of bones.

Folic acid and vitamin B12 are required for DNA synthesis and for red blood cell production. A deficiency of either results in macrocytic normochromic anaemia.

Indications

• Athletic animals during training, racing or hard competition to promote muscle energy production and increase muscle efficiency
• Assist in recovery from hard work, racing or stress
• Stimulate and maintain appetite
• Support skeletal development during growth
• Treatment and prevention of macrocytic anaemias

Withholding Period

Meat: Horses – Nil

Dosage and Administration

Give by intravenous, intramuscular or subcutaneous injection.

Sterile technique and equipment must be used for each injection.

Acutely Diseased Animals

• Cats, small dogs: 0.5mL to 2mL
• Large dogs: 0.5mL to 5mL
• Horses: 20mL

Repeat daily if required.

Animals with Chronic Disease

Half the above dose at intervals of one to two weeks or less.

Healthy Animals

Half the above dose.

Volumes of more than 20mL should be split and given at several intravenous or intramuscular sites, or given subcutaneously.

Presentation

Injection (multidose vial): 100mL

Shipping Information

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Hippiron Iron Injection for Horses is for the treatment of iron deficiency in racing horses.

Indicated for the treatment of iron deficiency anaemia in horses. Anaemias due to parasitism, poor nutrition, haemorrhage. To improve oxygen uptake.

Description: A brownish pyrogen free sterile alkaline solution. Iron (Fe) 20mg/mL as Ferric-Hydroxide-Sucrose compound.

Mode of Action: When injected Hippiron breaks down into carbohydrates and trivalent Iron Hydroxide which is stored in the form of Ferritin (depot iron) in the liver; from there it is transported in the form of transferrin to the site of erythropoiesis (where red blood cells are formed).

Indications:  For treatment of iron deficiency anaemia in horses. Anaemias due to parasitism, poor nutrition, haemorrhage. To improve oxygen uptake.

Dosage:  By intravenous injection, Foals 10mL(200mg) per week. Adults & Yearlings 20mL (400mg) per week. The frequency and length of treatment will depend on the severity of the iron deficiency.

Warning: In extremely rare instances an anaphylactic reaction can occur. Appropriate treatment for anaphylactic shock should be instituted.

Storage Store below 25°C (Air Conditioning). Protect from light. Do not refrigerate

Presentation 20mL vial

VAM is a supplementary source of all the essential nutritional factors required in large amounts by performance animals.

VAM is specifically formulated to support an athletic animal under the stress of training and racing and to help maintain appetite, as well as to act as a source of readily available essential nutrients and co-factors.

Key Features & Benefits:

• VAM supplements all the essential nutritional co-factors and nutrients for performance animals.
• VAM is formulated for use 2-3 times weekly.
• VAM helps maintain blood counts, appetite and well being.
• VAM provides the essential nutrients when they are required.

Dosage and Administration:
VAM Injection - Administer intramuscularly twice weekly or as directed by a veterinary surgeon.
Horses: Dose 1 mL per 45 kg (10 mL per 450 kg bodyweight) by intramuscular injection.
Cattle: Dose 1 mL per 45 kg (10 mL per 450 kg bodyweight) by intramuscular injection.
Dogs: 0.25 - 1 mL per 10 kg bodyweight.

Contraindications :

Administration to animals with renal failure (due to amino acid content).

SIZE: 100mL sterile injection for intramuscular injection.

Aminoplex Injection is a vitamin and amino acid injection supplement for use in cattle, horses, dogs and cats as an aid in the treatment of debilitated animals and a supplement for working animals.

Product Information:

Active Constituents:

thiamine hydrochloride 20 mg; riboflavine 5 mg; pyridoxine hydrochloride 20 mg;
nicotinamide 60 mg;
dexpanthenol 20 mg;
cyanocobalamin 200 microgram;
choline bitartrate 5 mg; inositol 10 mg;
dl-methionine 20 mg;
l-lysine hydrochloride 20 mg;
glycine 20 mg;
l-arginine hydrochloride 20 mg;

Indications:

A vitamin and amino acid supplement for cattle, horses, dogs and cats.

Indicated for debilitated animals and as a working aid supplement.

Directions for Use:

To be used by, or under the supervision of, a registered veterinary surgeon.

By intramuscular or intravenous injection.

Horses and Cattle:

1-2 mL/100 kg body weight

Dogs and Cats:

0.25-1 mL/10 kg body weight

Withholding Period:

0 days

Macrofol is a convenient 2 in 1 injection for the provision of concentrated Vitamin B12 and folic acid.
Macrofol improves energy metabolism to ensure the efficient release of energy necessary for optimal muscle function and optimal oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells for muscle perfusion.
Macrofol promotes red blood cell formation and regeneration.  A less than optimal production of red blood cells may lead to a lowered oxygen carrying capacity of the blood, resulting in poor performance and premature fatigue.

Benefits:

• Provides highly concentrated source of Vitamin B12 which is not readily stored in the body and necessary for efficient red blood cell production and integrity.
• Stimulates red blood cell production in bone marrow.
• Compensates for the lack of folic acid and Vitamin B12 in hay, chaff and grains.

• High potency formulation
• Proven Australian and International product for horses
• A muscle protection and tonic
• Replacement for Kynoselen (for comparison see attached table)
• For racing, endurance, sport, stud and travelling horses
• Administer regularly to help prevent episodes of 'tying up' in horses

The active constituents of Enerselen Injection are:

ATP (adenosine triphosphate), providing an immediate source of muscle energy.

URDINE TRIPHOSPHATE is a source of muscle energy, related to ATP.

HEPTAMINOL HCL increases blood flow for exercise and endurance capacity. It helps build and maintain muscles. A new study indicates HEPTAMINOL delays the onset of muscle fatigue.

VITAMIN B12 (cyanocobalamin) to stimulate appetite for energy metabolism.

SELENIUM is an essential trace element. For metabolic processes, and energy. Selenium has anti-oxidant properties, protects muscle from damage. It directly and indirectly prevents 'tying-up' and related muscle problems.

MAGNESIUM ASPARTATE increases oxygen delivery to muscle tissue. For muscle strength and endurance, and has a role in muscle contraction.

POTASSIUM ASPARTATE for glucose/glycogen (i.e., energy) metabolism.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE:

Inject slowly subcutaneously or intramuscularly.

Horses: 4 mL per 100 kg bodyweight.
Dogs: 1 mL per 25 kg bodyweight.

Prevention: One injection each week for 2-3 weeks.
Treatment: One Injection every 3 days for 9-12 days.

MEAT WITHHOLDING PERIOD: DO NOT ADMINISTER less than 28 days before slaughter for human consumption.

RACING/EVENT WITHHOLDING: Consult racing authorities, stewards, or veterinarians for the withholding time after treatment and before racing or event.

SIZE: 100mL

This product is not available for shipping to New Zealand.