Have you used flax for a horse's health problem?

I use ground flax seed for my horses.

It adds an incredible shine to the horses coat.

It adds fat to feed for more calories. (Good for underweight horses)

Flax is a source of Omega 3 fatty acids and is supposed to reduce the risk of heart attack and disease in humans (I dont know what effects it has on the horses heart, if any)

It took about a month before I noticed a difference in the horses coat.

1. she has laminitis

2. we used flax seed to mix in her grain, and he used it to bake home made horse treats for her

3. she has just been diagnosed, so this is new for me to use, but it seem sot be working.

4. she has just been diagnosed, it has worked so far. (hasn't been long term yet, I don't know the results yet)

rescued arab mare litterly starved to death. started her on grass hay lots of water small measures of sweet feed for senior horse six x aday.after she got good bowel sounds and solid formed stool i slowly added gound corn and oats to her rations . when she started cleaning this up i decreased daily feedings to 4x but added to them so she got then same amount when her feeds x were again cut down to mid morning and evening ONLY then did i add 1/4 cup to her morning ration. at first she nosed around it but third day she cleaned all feed up. she started to put weight on and in 1 month i could see results.. i would definatly recommend for a horse with weight issues

http://equineink.com/2009/06/11/flax-seed-how-and-...

something I found searching for flax myself!