BRI Flaxseed Oil’s unique fatty acid profile, with its high content of Omega-3, has led to its increasing popularity with equine owners for its scientifically validated beneficial effects. Bri is supplied in 5L recyclable tins, as part of the company’s sustainability agenda. Bri flaxseed oil is nature’s best sustainable source of Omega-3, which offers a wide range of health benefits.

Health benefits

Skin and coat

Horses cannot produce Omega-3, a fatty acid which is essential for ongoing skin regeneration and reducing sensitivity to allergens that cause inflammation and itch. When feeding hay and grains, supplementing with flaxseed oil, high in Omega-3, improves coat quality through increased oil secretion by the skin’s sebaceous glands, coating the hair shaft and adding a rich healthy sheen.

Hoof horn

Fatty acids are key nutrients in maintaining the pliability of the hoof wall, helping resist water absorption and preventing bacteria and fungi from entering the hoof horn.

Omega-3 fatty acids, with their anti-inflammatory effects, help support strong, healthy hooves.

Joints and ligaments

Joint issues in horses can be caused by active and uncontrolled inflammation, resulting in the gradual destruction of cartilage and joint connective tissue.

The Omega-3 in flax oil supports a normal, healthy inflammatory response, resulting in healthy cartilage and ligaments.

Lung function

Research shows that flaxseed oil is beneficial for respiratory conditions, as it “improves clinical signs, lung function and airway inflammation in horses with recurrent airway obstruction and inflammatory airway disease”.

Inflammation

Recent research found that feeding flaxseed oil reduces post-exercise inflammation and muscle damage in young horses. Flaxseed oil also helps manage chronic inflammatory conditions, such as osteoarthritis, equine metabolic syndrome and laminitis, thereby contributing to improved longevity and quality of life for older horses.

Exercise tolerance

Feeding flaxseed oil may, due to its ability to make cell membranes more flexible, support normal lactate production during exercise and promote normal glucose metabolism, which could enhance exercise tolerance and support normal muscle recovery after exercise.