Gastrogard Paste for horses is recommended for use in horses and foals 4 weeks of age and older. The contents of one syringe will dose a 1250 lb (568 kg) horse at the rate of 1.8 mg omeprazole/lb body weight Read more…
Speedi-Beet becomes the first and only 10 minute quick soaking Beet pulp whilst Fibre-Beet is the only soaking mash product to be approved by BETA, making them both suitable for horses and ponies prone to equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS). Read more…
Dose Species Usage Dose Horses For treatment of Lyme disease 10mg/kg PO q12h for 1-2mos For treatment of anaplasmosis 10mg/kg PO q12h for10-14d For treatment of organisms with MIC ≤ 0.25mcg/mL 10mg/kg PO q24h For treatment of organisms with MIC Read more…
Can I feed Speedi-Beet or Fibre-Beet to a senior horse? Both Speedi-Beet and Fibre-Beet are ideal for the veteran horse. Once soaked they are palatable and easy to eat, even if your horse has missing teeth. What should I feed Read more…
Young horses, by nature, are inquisitive. They tend to mimic their mothers and explore their environments, which may include their dam’s feces. The main reason, thought by many scientists, why foals eat manure is to help populate their hind gut Read more…
Equine’s milk is poor in energy (425 to 825 kcal/kg), fat (1.0 to 1.5%) and crude protein (1.89 to 2.87%), but rich in lactose (6.5 to 6.6%) ( Pagan & Hintz, 1986. (1986). How much lactose is in horse milk? Read more…
The mare will begin to shed the placenta, nuzzle, lick, nurse, and encourage the foal to stand up. The mare will stand 15 to 20 minutes after giving birth and begin to lick the amniotic fluid off the foal and Read more…
In the first few days of life, a foal can nurse as frequently as every 10 minutes, but that usually decreases to once per hour within the first month. A healthy mare’s milk provides all of the energy and nutrients Read more…
Veins. The thoracic and cranial abdominal mammary glands drain via cranial superficial epigastric veins into the internal thoracic vein. Caudal abdominal and inguinal mammary glands drain via caudal superficial epigastric veins into the external pudendal vein. What is a milk Read more…
This vital fluid is produced for no more than 24 hours before it is replaced by mare’s milk, which is thinner and white in color. How long does colostrum last in a mare? Colostrum, and its protective antibodies, are present Read more…