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Post by Karin on Aug 2, 2010 0:13:29 GMT 10
What good research has been done on Creating and the benefit (or not) it have on Greyhounds ?
Got a discussion going with a friend who use A LOT of creating powder on his dogs and claims that it is the Holy Grail when it comes to food supplements.
2 of my dogs was many many years ago involved in a test to show how much Creatine is naturally in the muscles of Greyhounds and what effect supplements had.
In total we tested 7 dogs. A muscle scan (iodise something type of x-ray cant remember what it was called) was done on all dogs to see the level of creatine in the dog before any supplements was done.
The dogs was then given a daily supplement of 2g twice a day for 3 weeks and the scan was repeated.
The level of creatine in 6 off the dogs was NOT changed, only 1 bitch had a higher level. She was a very very hyper type and was the only one that benefited from the supplement of Creatine.
Any new recherche been done ? Good links for research would much appreciated.
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Post by Tom Meulman on Aug 5, 2010 6:24:13 GMT 10
Hi Karin, Sorry about the delay in replying, unfortunately I have been without a computer for the last couple of days. In regard to your question I’m not aware of any recent studies as to the benefits or otherwise of the use of Creatine for racing greyhounds. From my own experiments with this supplement the results have been inconclusive; however there are benefits to be gained under certain circumstances. Because the diet that I have fed relied on providing fresh meat daily, and because meat is high in Creatine I have found no benefit in providing this on a daily basis, however I did find some small improvement in the performance of sprinters by adding 5 grams of Creatine Monohydrate to a high carbohydrate meal for the two days prior to racing, unfortunately it invariably caused loose stools and I stopped using the supplement. At the same time I can see that Creatine supplementation would be of greater benefit to those greyhounds being fed a diet that consists only of a “complete diet” dry food and no fresh meat. The information on these sites may be of some interest: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatine_supplementswww.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/creatine.htmlCheers, Tom
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