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Dosing and application
Equanimity® is available in a single 5 ml gel dose which is very easy to administer.
30
min
Shake the stick 30 to 40 seconds
The application must be
The product should be
prior to opening. Apply the content
equally distributed between
administered 20/30 minutes
on the fingers.
the two nostrils.
prior to stressing the horse.
The efficacy lasts 2 hours.
The product can be reapplied over and over with no risk for the horse health.
Composition
Synthetic analog of equine appeasing pheromone (E.A.P.) – excipient 5 ml.
Quartier Salignan
irsea
Institut de Recherche en Sémiochimie et Éthologie Appliquée
Research Institute in Semiochemistry and Applied Ethology
Europe Patents: 0948963/1047415
US Patents: 6,077,867 & 6,384,252
84 400 APT - France
[email protected]
www.semiokeys.com
Calm, confident, content... and ready for you
Why use Equanimity®?
About Equanimity®
As with all prey animals, horses have a strong fight-or-flight instinct and must be aware of their
surroundings at all times. Whether living in the wild or domesticated, horses are often confronted
with physical or mental stress. They even overreact in the absence of danger. This stress
sometimes leads to pathological conditions and phobias such as:
Hyper vigilance and hypersensitivity (evasion and escape reflexes)
Equanimity® is a calming aid specifically
doping product and can be used during races and
designed to be used on horses that have
competitions. For optimal results in a rehabilitation
difficulty with stressful situations. It is a natural
program, Equanimity® should be administered 30
product achieved by replicating the secretion
minutes prior to the rehabilitation exercises.
produced by the mare a few hours after foaling to
Poor performance
reassure its foal.
Competition related disorders (dehydration, fatigue, myositis and breathlessness)
Unresponsiveness and apathy
Training difficulties
Communication issues with the riders
Equanimity enhances the
Equanimity® is recommended for all horses that
wellbeing of the horse by significantly reducing
have difficulty in stressful situations or that are
stress related disturbances and facilitates
sensitive to new environments or exercises. It can be
training by improving the horse’s focus and
used on mares, foals, stallions, geldings, ponies and
performance.
mules. Equanimity® can also be administered to
pregnant mares.
Equanimity® works on the horse’s brain, more
When to use Equanimity®?
A horse can face various stressful situations such as:
specifically, the neurons linking the vomeronasal
Equanimity® does not cause any long or short term
organ to the olfactory bulb.
All of the
side effects. There is no risk of overdose and no
components in Equanimity® are found in the
danger of drug interaction. It also does not cause
tissue of a living horse and, once administered, is
drowsiness or “heavy leg syndrome”.
undetectable in any internal fluids of the horse
Transport
Saddling
Training
Shoeing
New
environment
Lights
and noises
such as; blood, lymph, cerebrospinal fluid or
Equanimity® is different than other
urine. In addition to this none of the components
calming aids currently available on
of Equanimity® are listed on the Federation
the market today and has
Equestre Internationale’s list of prohibited
been shown to have proven
substances (FEI).
efficacy in controlling stress,
without producing side effects or
as well as separation (mare – foal – other horses), veterinary care, grooming, new rider, breaking,
Equanimity® can be used either preventively or
affecting the horse’s performance
showing and racing.
as a part of a rehabilitation program. It is not a
in a negative manner.