Equine Nutritional Issues Chart

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

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~Equi-Shine Ultimate – 6oz/day

~Daily Start Probiotic – 1oz/day

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.

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~Equi-Shine Super E – 1oz/day

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

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

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.

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~Chelates Plus – 2oz/day

Abdominal distress.

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~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

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

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

~Super E – ½ oz per day

Poor hoof quality.

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

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

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~Equi-Shine Security – 6oz/day

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~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.

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

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~Daily Start Probiotic – ½ to 1oz/day

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs per day

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

∙Treatment for nursing foals – Head Start Drench with Colostrum

∙Treatment for weaned foals at 3 months of age –

~Jump Start – 4oz/day

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~Equi-Shine Pellets – 4oz/day

~Chelates Plus – 2oz/day

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~Super E – ½ oz per day

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.

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~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.

Horses on stall rest, inability to focus.

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~B-Gooood – minimum of 6oz/day

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~Whoa! – 2oz/day

Watery stool resulting in wet hind legs and tail.

Unable to digest and utilize high fiber forages.

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~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

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”

~GI Health – 2oz/day

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~B-Gooood – minimum of 6oz/day

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

Senior horse.

Slow eaters, dental issues, parasites, fly presence.

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~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs per day

~Daily Start Probiotic – 1oz/day

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~GI Health – 2oz/day

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

Sporadic episodes of muscle tremors or paralysis.

Genetic predisposition in stock type horses.

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~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.

Also known as Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD)

Lameness with hot and swollen joints.

Leading causes of lameness in horses.

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~Joint Ease – 2oz/day

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

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.

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~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

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

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

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~Super E – 1-2oz per day

~Myo-Ease Plus – 2oz/day

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

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs per day

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∙Any Equi-Shine Vitamin/Mineral Supplement

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.

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~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.

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

~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.

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.

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~GI Health – 2oz/day

~Rice Bran Extra – 1-2lbs/day

~B-Gooood – minimum of 6oz/day

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~Whoa! – 2oz/day