Free Plasma Amino Acid Concentrations in Horses Fed Different Dosing Regimens of Hydrolysed Collagen.

ABSTRACT: Hydrolysed collagen is used as a supplement for horses with osteoarthritis, hoof horn growth problems, and gastric ulcers. To determine the oral availability of a specific hydrolysed collagen supplement and the appropriate dose, six Warmblood mares were fed two different concentrations of the supplement: 100 g HC (C_H), 50 g HC (C_L), and a control of 0 g HC (C_N) during one week in a randomised cross-over design. On day 7, 14 and 21, blood sampling for amino acid (AA) analysis was performed, just prior to feeding the supplement (t = 0) and every hour after feeding for 8 h (t = 1-8). Statistical analysis revealed differences in mean plasma AA concentrations between the CH and CN doses for alanine, arginine, glutamine, glycine, proline, serine and hydroxyprolin

SUBMITTER: Kranenburg LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12609581 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature