Tri-Amino vs. Madbarn Three Amigos vs. Equinety

[cnd8]

I ran out of my Equinety and need to order a new amino acid supplement. Both of these are about the same price. Is one better than the other?
https://www.smartpakequine.com/ps/triamino-8489
OR

Three Amigos | Mad Barn

OR, I suppose I could reorder the Equinety.
https://madbarn.com/feeds/horse-xl-equinety/

Horse is fed 7 lbs per day of ProElite Senior
.25 lbs per day of Sentinel Blue Seal Topline 30 RB
5 lbs. of perennial peanut hay (comparable nutritionally to alfalfa)
free choice coastal bermuda (untested)
…and I’m suspicious of PSSM, so I’ve been adding in the amino supplement to help with muscles. He gets Vitamin E as well.

[JB]

If you want to support PSSM (I assume type 2 aka MIM), then I’d be adding BCAAs, not a general AA supplement.

Equinety has so little of anything I’d never bother.

TriAmino, Nutramino, and Three Amigos are interchangeable

You can do straight BCAA human products, and there are other options like UltraCruz Equine BCAA, Peak Performance has one, I’ve got a few friends who swear by ImmuBiome’s Lean Muscle, and i’m sure there are more

[cnd8]

Oh wow, didn’t even know there was a difference in AA and BCAA. I’ll check these out. Just when I think I have things figured out…lol

[JB]

BCAAs are still AAs, but different ones, with different uses.

[Ridethroughit23]

Sorry to jump in but I have a friends who’s ottb we suspect has pssm 2. Waiting on the test results but you’d recommend this supplement for a case like that? She was thinking tri amino but maybe there’s a better option!

[JB]

Which supplement? The PSSM2/MIM horses do seem to benefit from more protein, higher quality protein (so adding AAs), and also adding BCAAs. But it also seems to vary some based on which variant they have

AlCar - Acetyl-L Carnitine - also seems to help a lot of those guys

[cnd8]

Don’t worry about jumping in! Comments are helpful too to gain info!

[cnd8]

The BCAA supplements are pretty pricey! Hmm…

[Ridethroughit23]

Oh sorry! I meant the immubiome

[JB]

Oh! I can’t personally say, other than, it seems like PSSM2 variants, of which there are quite a few, is very much about “play around and see what works” unfortunately

[Equestrianette]

Have you considered strides competitive edge?

Competitive Edge® Equine

[cnd8]

Ooohhh, I hadn’t seen this one! Thank you for sharing!

[cnd8]

Hmm, so if I were to feed the Stride product, would it negate the need for the Sentinel Blue Seal Topline 30 RB I’ve been giving?

STRIDE ANIMAL HEALTH Competitive Edge Amino Acid Recovery Pellets Horse...

BLUE SEAL Sentinel Care Equine Choice Topline 30 Horse Feed, 50-lb bag -...

The Stride seems like it could replace the Sentinel RB if I’m looking at them right.

[JB]

BS Topline 30 is a ration balancer so yes would replace whatever you’re using now.

Stride Competitive Edge isn’t a ration balance, it’s an amino acid supp with some extras, so would be an ($$$) addition to any regular feed/balancer

[TWH_Girl]

How did you like Equinity? My vet commented the same as JB. I used Purina Super Sport for amino acids and it’s been great. I like using a pellet so much more and the extra protein helps. 5 yr old was lanky and he’s filled out well on this and switching over to Kalm Ultra (Tribute) from the Kalm & Ez

[cnd8]

I can’t honestly say I noticed a difference with Equinety at all. My farrier is a distributor, so he talked me into it. It’s pretty inexpensive, so I guess thats a bonus ($99 and lasts 3 months), but I am not sure it did anything.