For Total Gastric Health

• Advanced and effective pelleted formulation to help maintain digestive health and comfort.
• Contains key ingredients traditionally used to help soothe the stomach lining, including pectins, lecithin, aloe vera, marshmallow root, glycine, liquorice.
• Slow-release calcium and magnesium from marine algae, to help maintain a healthy gut pH.
• Beta glucans from high nucleotide yeast to support gastric content viscosity.
• Contains Pre and Probiotics to support a healthy gut microbiome.
• On a palatable alfalfa and soya hulls base, to provide a fibrous mat.

• Equine America is BETA NOPS and UFAS assured which means that full product traceability is in place, along with a quality assurance program which minimises the risk of contamination of the feed with prohibited substances and NOPS. Products are formulated to be suitable for horses competing under FEI regulations and the Rules of Racing.

Product Description

Horses are designed to trickle feed – grazing for up to 16 hours a day. This means that they need to constantly secrete acid to help digest this almost continual source of food entering their stomach. A grazing horse will also produce up to 9 gallons of saliva a day which as well as lubricating the food, also acts to help maintain a healthy gastric pH.

Furthermore, the physical presence of food in the stomach acts as a fibrous “mat” or barrier, helping to prevent acid splashing onto the upper, unprotected areas of the stomach. So if access to forage (pasture, hay, haylage) is restricted, acid continues to be produced, and with restricted chewing time, less saliva is produced which may affect a healthy gastric pH.

The lower portion of the stomach (the glandular area), where the acid is produced, has several natural protective mechanisms, including mucous production and bicarbonate secretion, but the upper portion of the stomach (squamous area) has no such protection. If the horse is worked with a mainly empty stomach, when he trots, canters or jumps, or even just tenses his abdominal muscles, this acid can splash or be squeezed up to the unprotected area of the stomach The horse has a small stomach, and food does not stay in there for very long, so even short periods during the day without access to forage can cause problems.

In addition to restricted access to forage, there are other factors which have been reported to increase the incidence and severity of digestive disturbance, including:

• Stress – social stressors such as bullying from stable neighbours or herd mates, or box location ( for example near the feed room or muck heap, resulting in increased activity past the door) have been shown to increase the risk.
• High starch diets – may result in increased volatile fatty acid production in the stomach, which may, in turn, result in abnormalities with sodium transport leading to cell damage in the stomach.
• Limited turnout and reduced access to natural antioxidants from grass.
• Intense training and competition schedules and frequent travelling, especially long-distance.

Benefits of Uls-Gard Pellets

• Natural nutritional support for gut health and comfort (Calcium, magnesium, lecithin, pectin, glycine).
• Key ingredients traditionally used to soothe the stomach wall (Aloe vera, marshmallow root, liquorice).
• Beta Glucans from high nucleotide yeasts to support a healthy gastric mucosa.
• Pre and Probiotics to help support a healthy gut microbiome.
• Alfalfa and soya hulls base to provide a fibrous mat.
• Palatable and easy to mix for fussy feeders.
• Suitable for foals at a reduced serving rate.

Additional management factors to help support digestive health and comfort.

• Turnout to grass where practical and possible, ideally with a placid companion, even if only for short periods.
• Ensure ad lib forage, where practical. For good-doers, where calories are restricted, offer very frequent, but controlled amounts of forage, with the largest allocation overnight. Select clean but low-calorie forage to enable larger amounts to be offered.
• Offer forage in different locations in the stable to encourage natural foraging behaviour.
• Try to reduce social stresses such as bullying stablemates, or proximity to the feed store.
• Feed a good double handful (or one round scoop) of alfalfa chaff before exercise or competition warmup to provide a fibrous mat in the stomach - even if forage is available in the stable or lorry.
• Consider replacing some starch-based calories with Equine America Supreme Omega Oil in the diet.

Ingredients & Nutrition

Equine America Uls-Gard Pellets have been formulated using carefully selected ingredients to help maintain gastric health and comfort including:

Slow-release calcium and magnesium from marine algae, to help support a healthy gut pH.

Lecithin – a special type of fat that helps to support healthy stomach lining cells.

Pectins, Marshmallow root and Liquorice – to help produce mucilage which acts as a physical barrier for the unprotected upper portion of the stomach.

Aloe Vera and Glycine – to help support a healthy gastric mucosa (lining of the stomach).

High nucleotide yeast to provide beta glucans which help to increase the viscosity of stomach contents, and provide nutritional support for a healthy gastric mucosa.

Pre and Probiotics to help support a healthy gut microbiome. 

Alfalfa and soya hulls to provide a fibrous “mat” and to help maintain a healthy gastric pH.

Directions For Use

Uls-Gard Pellets are a complementary feed for horses and ponies, designed to support gastric health as part of a balanced diet.

Bought With

Uls-Gard Solution can be syringed for fussy feeders.

Supreme Omega Oil  - to provide additional non-starch calories and omega 3 fatty acids

Reviews

• Provides key nutritional building blocks for joint support including collagen, amino acids, MSM, hyaluronic acid and trace elements
• Suitable for all horses and ponies in light to medium work, and older horses and ponies to support mobility.
• Low sugar - suitable for horses and ponies prone to laminitis
• BETA NOPS and UFAS accredited, ensuring our products do not contain prohibited substances and are suitable for horses competing under FEI regulations and the Rules of Racing.
• Tried and tested – with over 2 million units sold worldwide.

Ingredients Per 14g Serving

Product Description

Cortaflex® HA Regular powder is designed for the nutritional maintenance of healthy joints in horses and ponies in light to moderate work, or older horses needing a little extra mobility support!

Cortaflex® HA Regular  Powder provides a tried and tested blend of key compounds, with low sugar levels,  making it suitable for horses and ponies prone to laminitis. Cortaflex® HA Regular Powder includes collagen, hyaluronic acid, trace elements and amino acid building blocks to provide essential nutritional support for maintaining healthy cartilage and joint fluid. Cartilage is the spongy, elastic material which covers the ends of the bones within a joint, acting as a major shock absorber, and helping to reduce friction. Joint or synovial fluid should be thick and viscous, to bathe and lubricate the joint, also acting as a vital shock absorber.

• Provides key nutritional building blocks for joint support including collagen, amino acids, MSM, hyaluronic acid and trace elements.
• Suitable for all horses and ponies in light to medium work, and older horses and ponies to support mobility.
• Low sugar - suitable for horses and ponies prone to laminitis.
• BETA NOPS and UFAS accredited,  ensuring our products do not contain prohibited substances and are suitable for horses competing under FEI regulations and the Rules of Racing.
• Tried and tested with over 2 million units sold worldwide

Ingredients & Nutrition

Key Ingredients

Collagen – one of the most abundant proteins in the body, and provides the structural framework for cartilage, to help give it strength and elasticity.  We are proud to confirm that we use a sustainable and ethical source of marine collagen.

Hyaluronic Acid – a key compound called a glycosaminoglycan (GAG) which helps to maintain the viscosity of the joint fluid, to lubricate the cartilage and act as an additional shock absorber.

Amino Acids – to provide the nutritional building blocks for the production of the amino sugars. The best known amino sugar is probably glucosamine, which is important as a subunit for the production of other compounds called glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) which then bind to the collagen framework in the cartilage, to help give it greater strength and elasticity.

MSM - provides a natural, bioavailable form of sulphur which is a key mineral for the bonding of compounds within the cartilage framework, to enhance strength, and also helps to maintain a normal inflammatory response.

Key trace minerals including manganese, silicon and copper - which all play important roles in the production of structural compounds such as chondroitin, as well as in the production of collagen and hyaluronic acid. These minerals also play key roles in the production of important antioxidants.

Ingredients Per 14g Serving

Nutrition

Cortaflex® HA Regular Powder is a complementary feed for horses and ponies to help support and maintain healthy joints as part of a balanced diet. 

Additives (per kg): Technological additives: Monosilicic acid E551a 2500mg. Nutritional additives: Manganese (3b506 Manganese chelate of glycine hydrate) 3571mg; Copper (3b413 Copper (II) chelate of glycine hydrate) 1786mg; Vitamin B6 (3a831 Pyridoxine hydrochloride) 400mg.

Composition: Dehydrated Alfalfa, Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM), Calcium Carbonate, Whey Protein, Collagen (Marine), Rapeseed Oil, Hyaluronic Acid.

Analytical Constituents:

Directions For Use

For 500kg horse; for initial 10 days: 14g per day. Thereafter; 7g per day.

Maximum; 14g per day. 7g (approx) measure enclosed.

Available Sizes: 250g (1 Month Supply), 500g (2 Months Supply), 900g (4 Months Supply), 3.6kg (16 Months Supply)

Bought With

Buteless Original Powder

Turmeric Xtra

Reviews

For A More Relaxed Horse

• Helps to reduce tension and improve concentration and focus
• Supporting a healthy nervous system
• 5% Magnesium Oxide (which contains 52.7% Magnesium)
• 6g Magnesium per 5g daily serve

• Equine America is BETA NOPS and UFAS assured which means that full product traceability is in place, along with a quality assurance program which minimises the risk of contamination of the feed with prohibited substances and NOPS. Products are formulated to be suitable for horses competing under FEI regulations and the Rules of Racing.

Ingredients Per 5g Serving

Product Description

Magnesium is an essential mineral, playing important roles in many areas of metabolism. One of its major roles is as a co-factor in the enzymes involved in nerve and neuro-muscular transmission – helping to regulate nerve to nerve and nerve to muscle transmission and communication.

A lack of magnesium can result in nerve and neuro-muscular excitability, resulting in a tense, nervous horse.

Stressful situations such as strenuous activity and competition, travelling, prolonged stabling and lack of grazing, or new environments may further increase magnesium requirements as stress levels rise.

Magnitude provides supplemental magnesium, together with controlled amounts of calcium (another key mineral in nerve and muscle metabolism), to help promote healthy nerve function and reduce tension, enabling the horse to focus and concentrate.

What are the benefits of Magnitude?

Magnitude provides magnesium from Magnesium Oxide, which is produced from calcined magnesite, extracted from natural deposits in the earth. The Magnesium Oxide used in Magnitude typically contains 52.7% elemental magnesium.

• Natural source of magnesium to supplement low or marginal levels in forage.
• A very small daily serving of 5g provides 2.6g elemental magnesium, easily mixed in feed for fussy feeders
• Safe use with most typical fortified performance and leisure feeds and forage.

Colour Change

*Slight colour change - but the same great product, now with even more quality assurance!

We are pleased to confirm that there is no difference in the magnesium levels, or the chemical source of the magnesium used (magnesium oxide - MgO), only in the physical form of MgO we are now using.

This change in physical form (to the slightly more granular form, with a pale beige colour) has arisen because we are delighted to report that we are now manufacturing Equine America (UK) products in the UK, using certified facilities with the highest standards of safety and production. Although Equine America (UK) products have always been free from prohibited substances, our new UFAS and BETA NOPS certifications will provide further reassurance in the light of recent high profile prohibited substances cases, giving our customers peace of mind regarding FEI, BEF and BHA prohibited substances, enabling full traceability.

In order to comply with the rules and regulations regarding these certifications, we are only able to use certain suppliers, who are also certified, and have had to make a change to our supply of magnesium oxide, so we are now using the lower dust, slightly granular form, which is pale beige.

If you have any queries, please no hesitate to contact the Office.

Ingredients & Nutrition

A complementary mineral feed for horses, designed to support and maintain healthy magnesium levels, as part of a balanced diet.

Directions for feeding: For 500 kg horse; 5g per day. Maximum 5g per day (unless under specialist advice from a vet or nutritionist). 5g (approx.) measure enclosed

Ingredients Per 5g Serving

 Composition: Magnesium Oxide (97.5%), Calcium Carbonate (2.5%)

Analytical Constituents:

Directions for Use

Directions for feeding: For 500 kg horse; 5g per day. Maximum 5g per day (unless under specialist advice from a vet or nutritionist). 5g (approx.) measure enclosed

Bought With

Super So-Kalm Powder provides a range of nutrients to support healthy nervous function and may be fed to horses and ponies who require a greater level of support.

Super So-Kalm paste provides a fast-acting solution for competition days or other single stressful events.

Supreme Omega Oil: high levels of omega 3’s and great for additional non-starch energy

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