One AC

A horse that doesn't sweat can't shed heat the way the rest of the herd does, and that is usually the moment an owner calls for help. One AC is a powder made for horses with reduced ability to sweat. It stirs into the feed your horse already eats, so it adds one scoop at each meal instead of a new routine to learn.

Each teaspoon carries L-tyrosine, niacin, vitamin B6, d-pantothenic acid and choline, and the amounts are printed in the guaranteed analysis below. The dose follows your horse's weight, from a half teaspoon for a miniature horse up to extra for a big horse over 1,100 pounds. The product was field tested at the University of Florida, which is worth knowing when you're choosing a supplement for a horse that doesn't sweat well.

Highlights

• Made for horses with reduced ability to sweat
• Stirs into feed, morning and night
• Dosed by body weight, from miniature horse to big gelding
• L-tyrosine, niacin and B vitamins in each teaspoon
• Field tested at the University of Florida

Why a non-sweating horse needs a plan

Sweat is how a horse cools himself, so a horse that sweats poorly has to work harder to stay comfortable in the same heat. Shade, clean water, a fan in the stall and turnout in the cool of the day all help. A feed supplement can be part of that plan, especially for a horse that struggles every summer.

A powder is the easiest way to get a supplement into a picky eater. It mixes into the grain your horse already finishes, so nothing gets left in the bottom of the tub. Dry powder also stores well in a cool feed room, and a level scoop is simpler to repeat every day than a pill.

At a glance

Guaranteed analysis

How to feed it

Mix the powder into feed, morning and night. The average horse at 950 to 1,100 pounds gets one teaspoon twice a day. The dose follows weight:

1. Miniature horses: 1/2 teaspoon daily
2. Horses 300 to 600 pounds: 1 teaspoon daily
3. Horses 600 to 900 pounds: 1 1/2 teaspoons a day, 3/4 teaspoon AM and 3/4 teaspoon PM
4. Horses 950 to 1,100 pounds: 1 teaspoon AM and 1 teaspoon PM
5. Horses over 1,100 pounds: add 1/2 teaspoon for every 100 pounds over the maximum weight, AM and PM

Measure with a level teaspoon, not a heaping one. A teaspoon is 2.35 grams, so the scoop is part of the dose, and it's worth measuring every time.

Good to know

• Weigh or tape your horse at the start of the season and again when he gains or loses weight, because the dose follows body weight.
• Mix it into grain he already finishes, so the whole dose gets eaten instead of sorted to the bottom of the tub.
• Non-sweating is worth a vet call. Have him checked, then keep him in the shade, watered and worked in the cool of the day while you work through the feed.

Put it in the feed room before the first hot stretch, while the horses are still cool.