Most commonly, ptyalism is associated with physical obstructions such as oral foreign body, oral neoplasia, oesophageal obstruction and guttural pouch empyema, which lead to saliva overflow due to reduced swallowing ability (Hudson et al. What are the causes of Ptyalism? Read more…
Adding probiotics to your horse’s diet is a cost-effective and safe way to help balance the gut microbiome and support digestive function. Can probiotics help horses? Probiotics may help maintain proper pH levels, absorption of nutrients, feed efficiency and immune Read more…
Chilcotin. Wild horses have been a part of the Canadian west for hundreds of years. There are currently wild horses living in the Chilcotin region of British Columbia and parts of Saskatchewan, including a population of protected wild horses in Read more…
Intestinal Microbiota and Digestion in Horses There the microbiota works to break down food so the horse can absorb the nutrients. This is why the horse is known as a “hindgut fermenter.” What do horses need microbes to help them 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 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 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 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 — 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 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 Read more…