Summary

The information provided about supplements for the horse joints is hard to gain access to forthe daily user/competitive rider. The list of ingredients is incomprehensible for someonewithout the background knowledge about scientific studies of the ingredients. This results inspending money on an equine joint health supplement, without being sure if the equine joint health supplement will have a positive effect on the equine joint. The goal of this study is to gain understanding about wat is needed to improve the usage of equine joint health supplements in order to make the usage of equine joint health supplements more effective on the equine joints. Therefore, this research focussed on the following main question: “What is needed to improve the usage of equine joint health supplements, in specific the usage of Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Collagen and Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), in order to make the usage of equine joint health supplements more effective on the equine joints.