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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.
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 may be low.
High doses of Thiamine are reported to help calm nervous or over
excitable horses.1
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