Update: 21 December 2024

Equine hTMA

Tissue Mineral Analysis (hTMA) provides comprehensive clinical data about your horse's health status, including heavy metal toxicity. Individualized recommendations are provided as well, to help restore and improve health and performance.

Equine hTMA Instructions

Taking the sample is non-invasive (safe) and easy to do. Download step-by-step instructions.

1. Equine hTMA $125

hTMA Consultation
Review of a Previous hTMA

If you have questions about the hTMA results you obtained elsewhere, a consultation can be very helpful. We review the hTMA report with you and make recommendations. Please call to discuss, or to set up an appointment.

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  Consultation Fee: $20 per quarter hour

Multipurpose Medical Test

• Medical screen for diagnostic and monitoring purposes. The hTMA test provides comprehensive information about your horse's health and performance, and identifies trending toward disease.
• Toxicological analysis. Heavy metal toxicity is a concern for horses because they graze, and the ground is where these toxins settle. The EPA recommends hTMA for heavy metal screening and monitoring. Health agencies worldwide use hTMA for biomonitoring.

Diagnostic Information

The metabolic data that hTMA provides will verify whether your horse is getting the necessary nutritional support to meet performance, stress and energy demands.

Baseline Health Information

The initial hTMA offers baseline information about your horse's current state of health, and provides early detection of trends toward disease (i.e., predictive medicine). hTMA also tests for toxic heavy metals that horses are commonly exposed to (being close to the ground, where these toxins settle).

The hTMA data is a historical aggregate of the past three to four months. This comparitively long time-frame makes hTMA useful as an indicator of your horse's predominant health and metabolic status. In comparison, a serum (blood) test is more suitable for measuring acute exposure because it provides a snapshot of momentary biochemical status. And urinalysis measures only what is being excreted in the urine, so does not provide a complete metabolic analysis.

Monitor and Evaluate Progress

A follow-up hTMA re-test allows you to monitor and evaluate the improvements in the horse's nutritional status over time. Re-test results direct the necessary adjustments to dietary and supplement needs, ensuring that you are providing for your horse's needs. A re-test measures the amount of toxic heavy metals that are being eliminated, allowing you to verify and monitor progress. Evaluation is important to ensure protocol safety.

Related Information

• Toxic Heavy Metals - Equine Health Implications
• hTMA for the Assessment of Animal Nutrition: Equine

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