Garlic has been touted to have many health-related properties, from boosting your horse's immune system to repelling bugs just by the garlic odor in his sweat. In a recent study completed at the Equine Research Centre in Guelph, Ontario, a garlic metabolite showed antibacterial properties.

Wendy Pearson-O'Neill, president of the Nutraceutical Alliance, was an investigator in the study.

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