If your car isn’t burning fuel efficiently due to a clogged air filter, fuel injector, or similar issue, this can have a knock-on effect within the exhaust system. And when the exhaust gets clogged with dirt and soot from the engine, this can lead to a notable drop in power Read more…
Grazing animals can sometimes consume plants that have spines, burrs or sharp awns on the seeds that can injure the tissues of the mouth causing the horse to drool. When horse’s drool profusely over long periods of time, the culprit is usually a fungus that grows on white and red Read more…
To minimize gas, you want to start with a high-quality hay as forage and cut down on the (the horse’s access to) soluble carbohydrate. One source of soluble carbohydrate, for instance, is cracked corn. So go for the higher fat rations, where the energy is coming from the fat rather Read more…
Omeprazole has been shown to promote healing of spontaneously occurring gastric ulcers in horses when administered for 28 days at a dose of 4 mg/kg bwt/day and to prevent recurrence of ulcers in almost all horses when treatment is continued at a dose of at least 2 mg/kg bwt/day. Can Read more…
Horses will typically eat somewhere between 1.5 and 2.5 of their body weight each day. (source) A healthy horse that weighs 1200 pounds will eat up to 30 pounds of average quality forage daily. Cows will eat about 2.05% of their body weight each day. How much food does a Read more…
Intestinal Parasites are an important cause of diarrhea in young and debilitated older horses, the most severe associated with cyathostomiasis. Cyathostomes are small strongyle worms and during their lifecycle they migrate through and encyst (curl up and ‘hibernate’) in the wall of the cecum and large intestine. How do you Read more…
Any mucus expelling cough usually indicates an inflammation in one or more areas of the horse’s airways. The thickness and colour of the mucus can give a good indication as to the cause of the problem: Horses with allergies — Thin, clear or lightly coloured mucus. Should I be worried Read more…
Colic is the number one medical killer of horses = absolutely true. But it’s a myth to think there’s nothing you can do about it until it happens. What digestive disorder is fatal in horses? Colitis-X. Colitis-X is a term used to describe undiagnosed causes of an extremely rapid, fatal Read more…
Gastric ulcers can only be diagnosed definitively through gastric endoscopy, or gastroscopy, which involves placing an endoscope into the stomach and looking at its surface. This procedure is easy to perform, is minimally invasive, and allows for the evaluation of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine. How do they test Read more…
Acid Ease is suitable to use on horses who are prone to stomach (gastric) ulcers & as a follow-up to conventional therapies. What is the difference between Protexin gut balancer and acid ease? Protexin Gut Balancer is a palatable powder containing probiotics and prebiotics to restore and maintain a stable Read more…