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WINTERPROOF your horse the natural way
We are facing a shortage of high-quality forage due to horses being kept in for longer than usual last winter and lower than average grass growth during the scorching summer that followed. This is now compromising the nutrient mix being consumed by horses. As nutrients are the building blocks for repair, deficiencies can have a dramatic impact on healing and resilience. You should always talk to your vet if you have any concerns regarding your horse’s health.
Here’s how you can improve your horse’s resilience to the effects of poor forage this winter…
SUPPLEMENTATION – A NATURAL APPROACH
When good quality forage is scarce, feed utilisation is key! If you can boost the digestive system so it is working at optimal function, you will enable the horse to take every gram of energy, protein, vitamin and mineral that it possibly can out of the food you give it.
There are two main parts to this – firstly, liver tonics are designed to enhance liver function to increase the production of the necessary digestive enzymes.
Secondly, a probiotic will increase the level of good bacteria in the hind-gut – these are the organisms that are responsible for
breaking down the feed and delivering the nutrients to the body.
GENERAL HEALTH AND RESILIENCE
A broad spectrum vitamin and mineral supplement is a sensible addition to the modern equine diet. Bioavailability is what enables your horse to absorb the ingredients and the most effective are those that are complex chelated with amino acids.
Amino acids are easily absorbed by the body and chelating (binding) the vitamins and minerals to the amino acids ensures their absorption.
Sensible supplementation does not need to be expensive. Small changes to the fundamentals of gut and digestive health can have a huge effect on its overall wellbeing and resilience.
Products to help you #winterproof your horse: RESTORE – the ultimate tonic for health and wellbeing GLOBALVITE – complete support IMMUPLUS – for immune support MUD-X – skin harmonising herbal blend works from the inside out DUST-X – anti dust support sooths irritation
You can talk to the friendly Global Herbs advice team about how to winterproof your horse naturally 01243 773363, live webchat at
www.globalherbs.co.uk or by email on
contact@globalherbs.co.uk – we’re here to help!
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• Highly palatable soaked feed • Suitable for all horses who need added condition
• Low in starch and sugar • Provides non-heating slow release energy
• Promotes condition and topline*
• Boosts nutritional quality of poor forage and grazing
• Suitable for equines prone to gastric ulcers**
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