Kohnke's Activ-8

Kohnke’s Own Activ-8 – Immune Support for Horses

Targeted nutritional support for the equine immune system during periods of training, competition, travel, illness and increased physiological stress.

Kohnke’s Own Activ-8 is a specialised nutritional supplement formulated to support normal immune function, recovery and overall health in horses experiencing periods of increased demand.

Hard training, travelling, competition, illness and exposure to new environments can all place additional demands on the horse. Activ-8 provides a targeted combination of nutrients selected to support the body's natural immune response, antioxidant defence and normal tissue repair processes.

It is particularly useful as a short-term nutritional course when horses are “under the weather”, recovering from illness, travelling long distances or entering high-contact competition environments.

Targeted Immune Support

A healthy immune system is fundamental to maintaining the horse's overall health and ability to respond appropriately to everyday challenges.

Activ-8 provides specific nutrients involved in normal immune function to help support horses during periods such as:

• Intensive training
• Competition
• Long-distance travel
• Recovery following illness
• Increased environmental stress
• Exposure to unfamiliar horses
• Periods of increased physiological demand

Ideal Before Travel & Competition

Travelling and competing can expose horses to changes in routine, transport stress, unfamiliar environments and increased contact with other horses.

Activ-8 can be incorporated into the feeding program before and around periods of travel or competition to provide additional nutritional support for normal immune function.

Activ-8 does not prevent contagious disease, and appropriate vaccination, quarantine, hygiene and biosecurity practices remain essential when horses are travelling or mixing with unfamiliar horses.

Organic Chelated Selenium

A key component of Activ-8 is a premium organic form of Selenium supplied as Selenomethionine.

Selenium is an essential trace mineral involved in:

• Normal immune function
• Antioxidant enzyme activity
• Protection of cells against oxidative stress
• Normal muscle function
• General health and wellbeing

Selenomethionine is an organic form of Selenium selected for its bioavailability and utilisation within the body.

Antioxidant Defence

Periods of strenuous exercise, illness and other physiological challenges can increase oxidative stress.

Activ-8 provides nutrients that contribute to the horse's natural antioxidant defence systems, helping protect cells from oxidative damage while supporting normal physiological function.

Recovery Following Illness

Activ-8 may be useful as part of a balanced nutritional program for horses recovering from illness or periods of reduced condition.

It provides targeted nutrients involved in immune function and tissue maintenance while the horse returns to its normal feeding, training and management routine.

Horses showing persistent fever, coughing, nasal discharge, lethargy, reduced appetite or other signs of respiratory or systemic illness should be assessed by a veterinarian.

Skin & Wound Support

Healthy skin provides an important physical barrier against the external environment.

Activ-8 supplies nutrients involved in normal skin integrity, tissue repair and wound-healing processes, making it useful where additional nutritional support for skin health is desired.

Repeated episodes of conditions such as greasy heel or rain scald should not automatically be assumed to result from poor immunity. Persistent or recurrent skin problems may have infectious, environmental, management or other underlying causes and should be appropriately investigated.

Key Benefits

• Targeted equine immune system support
• Supports normal immune responsiveness
• Ideal during periods of training, travel and competition
• Useful nutritional support during recovery following illness
• Supports the body's natural antioxidant defences
• Contains premium organic Selenium as Selenomethionine
• Supports normal skin integrity
• Provides nutrients involved in normal tissue repair and wound healing
• Useful during periods of increased physiological demand
• Suitable as a targeted course when horses require additional nutritional support

Recommended For

Activ-8 may be particularly useful for:

• Performance and competition horses
• Horses undergoing intensive training
• Horses travelling long distances
• Horses attending competitions and events
• Horses entering new stable environments
• Horses recovering following illness
• Horses experiencing periods of increased physiological stress
• Horses requiring additional immune and antioxidant nutritional support
• Horses requiring nutritional support for normal skin and tissue health

Support When Your Horse Needs It Most

Kohnke’s Own Activ-8 provides targeted nutrients to support normal immune function, antioxidant defence and recovery during the periods when horses face increased physiological demands.

It is particularly useful around hard training, competition, long-distance travel and recovery, helping provide the nutritional building blocks required for normal immune and tissue function.

Activ-8 is a nutritional supplement and should not be considered a treatment or preventative for respiratory viruses, bacterial infections, rain scald, greasy heel or other diseases. Horses displaying signs of illness or recurrent infection should receive veterinary assessment.

Because Activ-8 contains Selenium, consider the horse's total dietary Selenium intake when combining it with fortified feeds, balancers or other supplements, and feed according to the manufacturer's recommended rate.