Spending time with horses is something many people enjoy. It makes them happy to be outside and have a wonderful time together.  Therefore, keeping their valuable companions healthy is of utmost importance to them. Veterinarians encourage horse owners to actively participate in preventative health management routines. Paying particular attention to dentistry, hoof care and worming can provide valuable information for the veterinarian, who plays a pivotal role in this health management by initiating the dialogue with the owner.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health offers valuable tools for the treatment of horses focusing on therapeutic areas of respiratory disease, pain, colic and hormonal disorders.

Solutions for horses

The main horse products focus on the therapeutic areas of respiratory disease, pain, colic and hormonal disorders.

Prascend^® is indicated for the treatment of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID), which is also known as Equine Cushing’s Disease. Prascend^® substitutes for the lack of dopamine in the pituitary pars intermedia. Clinical signs are hypertrichiosis, laminitis, change in body conformation and lack of performance. Treatment with Prascend^® is life-long.

Vetera^® vaccines are the first vaccine portfolio that include multiple convenient combinations of disease protection for horses from as young as four months of age. The vaccines protect against as many as nine infectious organisms including influenza, herpes, the West Nile virus, tetanus and others. This enables customised protection for each horse with limited needle injections. All Vetera^® vaccines are formulated utilising the Ultrafil^™ Purification Technology, removing most of the extraneous proteins and allowing the horse’s immune system to focus on the relevant antigens.

In the respiratory segment we have two products available on global level: Ventipulmin^® and Equisolon^®. Both products are licensed for the treatment of respiratory disease in which horses wheeze, cough and have difficulty in breathing due to bronchospasm, inflammation and/or mucus accumulation. Ventipulmin^® and Equisolon^® can both be used alone or as adjunctive therapy in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and in acute, sub-acute and chronic respiratory allergic conditions. The technical support of Boehringer Ingelheim on the overall respiratory range provides additional sustainable value to our customers.

Indications	Brand Names	Active Ingredients
Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID)	Prascend®	pergolide mesylate	Symptomatic treatment of clinical signs associated with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID; also known as Equine Cushing’s Disease).
Up to 9-way combination vaccines against common diseases in horses	Vetera®	Eastern, Western and Venezuelan encephalomyelitis, tetanus, West Nile virus, equine herpes virus, equine influenza viruses	For vaccination of healthy horses as an aid in the prevention of diseases caused by included antigens (US and Canada only).
Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) or heaves	Equisolon®	prednisolone	Equisolon® is used to treat recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) or heaves in horses in combination with environmental measures
Acute and chronic obstructive respiratory diseases	Ventipulmin®	clenbuterol	Treatment of respiratory disease in horses where airway obstruction due to bronchospasm and/or accumulation of mucus is a contributing factor, and improved mucociliary clearance is desirable