Vitamin C L-Ascorbate-2-Phosphate Feed Grade

he following is a short list of conditions which vitamin C has been used to treat in animals:

• Allergies.
• Insect bites and stings.
• Poisoning.
• Bacterial infections
• Viral diseases.
• Cancer.
• Respiratory diseases.
• Fragile blood vessels.
• Scouring.
• Struvite stones (only the ascorbic acid form of the vitamin).
• Mastitis.

While it may not be able to entirely cure pets suffering from degenerative joint problems such as arthritis and hip dysplasia, vitamin C may be able to slow the progress and ease the pain of these diseases.  Similarly, it may have an anti-inflammatory effect on active dogs that have suffered from a performance-related injury.

Vitamin C can also be a good supportive therapy for diabetic pets.  It cannot replace insulin, but this vitamin can help insulin work more effectively at stabilizing blood sugar levels, thus forestalling some of the complications of diabetes.

On the preventative side of things, vitamin C can counteract stress (particularly heat stress), exposure to animals with contagious diseases, and the side effects of drugs.  It is particularly valuable in assisting newborn animals that for whatever reason did not drink any colostrum.

Studies have found other interesting effects of vitamin C: increasing milk yield and quality in dairy animals and growth and meat quality in meat animals.