Horse Slaughter Case Study

Vita- Min E & Selenium has stated that it is formulated to provide optimum muscular health. Helps to keep your horse at peak condition for competitions. When researching the class of horse that the supplement should be given to, the front label on the container read, “For all classes of horses.” Once you look more into the supplement it states, “Appropriate for horses exerting severe physical effort.” (Farnam) Growing up we used Vita- Min E & Selenium in our racehorse diets but we never used it in our non-working horses. I could not find a research study that talked about the affects that vitamin E and Selenium have on a racehorses. I did read some articles that talked about the deficiencies and how the deficiencies affected the horse’s ability …show more content…
My opinion comes down to the hot topic of horse slaughter. I think that if the government had more oversight into what goes in to horses and the withdrawal times. People would not be so touchy when the topic of, if horses should be made for human consumption. Knowing that the government has some power over what goes into an animal changes peoples’ opinions on what to see as “people food”. I also think that a manufacturer should be able to prove the safety of the supplement before it goes on the market. It goes hand in hand with the federal government being more involved. If horse meat was used for consumption they would not allow a supplement that was not safe into the body of the horse. But safety does not always have to be about people, the horse’s safety is also important. In my opinion, I do not think that the companies have to prove that the supplement works. Many companies already run test but they alter their results to fit the product. A lot of the horse industry is trial and error with supplements. I would be nice if companies told the truth about all their results but then again no two horses are the same. Horse A might react different then Horse