A FORAGE ANALYSIS is recommended as the basis of every diet.

Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement = Equi-Shine Pellets, Equi-Shine Granular, Equi-Shine Jump Start, Equi-Shine Ultimate or Equi-Shine Security

Equine Nutritional Issues Recommendation & Product Placement
Allergies

Tearing eyes, coughing, nasal discharge or raised lumps (welts) on the body.

~Equi-Shine Jump Start – 4-8oz/day

-or-

~Equi-Shine Ultimate – 6oz/day

~Daily Start Probiotic – 1oz/day

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Azoturia (Tying-Up or Monday Morning Disease)

Horse or pony with severe muscle cramps, usually in the hindquarters and the back. Onset is always associated with exercise. Muscles in the hindquarters and hind legs are hard and usually painful.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

-With-

~Equi-Shine Super E – 1oz/day

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

-And or-

~B-Gooood – 6oz/day to reduce excitability and gain focus

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Club Foot

One of the front feet is more upright and smaller in size than the other. Has an imbalance of the weight bearing in the legs.

Treating pregnant mare in utero with any of the Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplements throughout the pregnancy

-With-

~Chelates Plus – 2oz/day

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Colic

Abdominal distress.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplements

-With-

~Recharge Electrolyte – 2oz/day

~Sand A Way – 2oz/day for one week out of a month

~Daily Start Probiotic – 1oz/day

~B-Gooood – minimum of 6oz/day to reduce excitability

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Contracted Tendons

Foal stands with slightly raised heels with more weight placed on the toe of the foot.

~Head Start Drench with Colostrum for foals not on feed.

 

~Weaned foals should be on the Equi-Shine Jump Start – 4oz/day

~Super E – ½ oz per day

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Cracked Hooves

Poor hoof quality.

~Equi-Shine Jump Start – 4-8oz/day

~Biotin/Methionine – ½ oz/day for first 30 days then ¼ oz per day

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Cushings Disease – (Equine Pituitary Pars Intermedia)

Long hair coat that fails to shed, sweating, excessive drinking and urination, muscle wasting, laminitis, and infertility in mares.

~Equi-Shine Ultimate – 6oz/day

-or-

~Equi-Shine Security – 6oz/day

 

-With-

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs per day

 

These horses require a low carbohydrate or NSC (non-structural carbohydrates) diet of less than 12% in the TOTAL diet. Forage sampling is a must.

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Dental Issues

Unexplained weight loss, cautiously eating, foul odor in mouth.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

-With-

~Daily Start Probiotic – ½ to 1oz/day

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs per day

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Developmental Orthopedic Disease (DOD)

Pain and swelling in affected joints. Lameness.

Includes Physitis – swelling around the joints of the long bones. Often have a boxy appearance of these joints. Often seen in fast growing foals.

Includes Osteochondritis Dissecans (OCD)

Includes Wobbler Syndrome – abnormal gait or horse appears to stagger. Mild cases may only present with an inability to change leads, stop smoothly, or a negative change in behavior.

Includes Contracted Tendons and Club Foot

Prevention is treating pregnant mare in utero with any of the Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplements throughout pregnancy.

 

∙Treatment for nursing foals – Head Start Drench with Colostrum

 

∙Treatment for weaned foals at 3 months of age –

~Jump Start – 4oz/day

-Or-

~Equi-Shine Pellets – 4oz/day

~Chelates Plus – 2oz/day

 

-With-

~Super E – ½ oz per day

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Equine Metabolic Syndrome (IR)

Horses typically obese with increased body condition score overall. Increased fatty deposits in the neck (cresty) and tail head regions. Laminitis both chronic and acute.

~Equi-Shine Ultimate – 6oz/day

-With-

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs a day

 

These horses require a low carbohydrate or NSC (non-structural carbohydrates) diet of less than 12% in the TOTAL diet. Forage sampling is a must.

 

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Excitability

Horses on stall rest, inability to focus.

~Equi-Shine Ultimate – 6oz/day

 

-With-

~B-Gooood – minimum of 6oz/day

 

-And or-

~Whoa! – 2oz/day

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Fecal Water Syndrome

Watery stool resulting in wet hind legs and tail.

Unable to digest and utilize high fiber forages.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

 

-With-

~Daily Start Probiotic – 1oz/day

~Recharge Electrolyte – 2oz/day

∙Also incorporate into the diet either alfalfa cubes or timothy cubes at a minimum of 2-3lbs per day

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Gastric Ulcers

Seen in foals under stress from injury or illness, or at weaning.

Adult horses – poor appetite, weight loss, poor body condition, poor hair coat, mild colic, poor performance and negative changes in attitude, sensitivity to brushing over the flank or “cinchiness”

~Equi-Shine Ultimate – 6oz/day

~GI Health – 2oz/day

 

-And or-

~B-Gooood – minimum of 6oz/day

 

∙Feeding of alfalfa hay resulting in a higher calcium content may be beneficial.

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Hard Keeper

Senior horse.

Slow eaters, dental issues, parasites, fly presence.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

-With-

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs per day

~Daily Start Probiotic – 1oz/day

 

-Or-

~GI Health – 2oz/day

 

∙These individuals should be fed a minimum of 2 times per day.

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HYPP (Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis)

Sporadic episodes of muscle tremors or paralysis.

Genetic predisposition in stock type horses.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

-With-

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

 

∙Horses require a less than 1% potassium diet. Strongly recommend having forage samples taken.

 

∙Force feeding extra salt increases water intake and thus increases urinary excretion of potassium.

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Joint Soreness/Osteoarthritis

Also known as Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)

Lameness with hot and swollen joints.

Leading causes of lameness in horses.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement will provide the recommended amount of the trace mineral manganese which is the precursor to synovial fluid.

-With-

~Joint Ease – 2oz/day

 

-Or-

~Equi-Shine Security (all in one) – 6oz/day

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Laminitis/Founder

Coffin bone is rotated and may rotate through the sole of the foot. This is painful and these animals are reluctant to move, and often lean back in an attempt to take weight off the front hooves.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

-With-

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

~Biotin/Methionine – ½ oz for 30 days then ¼ oz per day

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Muscle Soreness

Horses that are stiff moving, loss of performance, horses that move more freely with prolonged exercise, horses that require significant hindquarter drive.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

-With-

~Super E – 1-2oz per day

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

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Poor Hair Coat

Dull, less than desirable haircoat. Usually a result of nutritional and management issues. Horses often have rain rot and or scratches.

~Equi-Shine Ultimate – 6oz per day – with the added omega fatty acids

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs per day

-Or-

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

 

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PSSM (Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy)

Horse may appear as tying-up symptoms and have camped out stance. In draft horses or horses with slower metabolism rates it can be mistaken for shivers or stringhalt.

Muscle biopsy, skin test or blood test is required to determine.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

-With-

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs per day

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

~Super E – ½ oz per day

 

These horses require a low carbohydrate or NSC (non-structural carbohydrates) diet of less than 12% in the TOTAL diet. Forage sampling is a must.

 

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Reproduction/Infertility

Being proactive is very important in the breeding business. The financial strains of breeding can be high. Nutritional variables should be minimized.

~Equi-Shine Jump Start – 8oz/day 60 days prior to breeding and until mare is confirmed in foal at which time can switch to any other Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement for the remaining duration of gestation.

 

~If rebreeding mare following foaling, we suggest feeding Equi-Shine Jump Start 60 days prior to foaling.

 

~Breeding Stallions should receive 8oz/day of Equi-Shine Jump Start 60 days prior to the breeding season and throughout the breeding season.

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Stress

Known causes can be hauling, showing, training, stalling, changes in herd mates, barns, handlers, and or trainers.

Horses suffering from systemic illness, traumatic injury or post-surgical cases.

Symptoms can be change in attitude, performance, willingness, appetite and overall general appearance. These horses are prone to gastric ulcers.

∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

-With-

~GI Health – 2oz/day

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs/day

 

~B-Gooood – minimum of 6oz/day

-Or-

~Whoa! – 2oz/day