Equine Health

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EQUINE HEALTH

BIOSTAR’S EQUINE RESEARCH

Equine nutrition, diet, supplements, health products, and research specific to your horse’s health and wellbeing.

How to support your horse during travel | BioStar US

How to minimize travel stress on your horse

The great migration has begun, as horses all over the country begin to ship to warmer climates like Florida, South ...
Hedgerow Pronto on the Go | BioStar US

Hedgerow Pronto: Quick Gut Relief on the Go

Shows and events can mean stress for your horse — and the upset gut that often comes with it. BioStar’s ...
Hedgerow Paste | BioStar US

Hedgerow Paste: Fast, Convenient Gut-Support for Horses

The success of BioStar’s Hedgerow GI powder supplement has led to the creation of a fast-acting paste with the added ...
Activated Charcoal | BioStar US

Charcoal: Beyond Barbecue

As it turns out, the toxin-absorbing action of activated charcoal isn't just beneficial to humans. Read on, as Tigger discovers ...
Star-Lixir EQ: Equine Cooling and Recovery Formula | BioStar US

Star-Lixir EQ: Equine Cooling and Recovery supplement

BioStar’s Alixir EQ recovery supplement paste is one of our most popular paste formulas. It helps horses recover from physical ...
What you need to know about your horse's gun-brain connection | BioStar US

What You Need to Know About Your Horse’s Gut-Brain Connection

The gut-brain axis is complex, and there is so much we don’t yet know about the intricate world of the ...
Healthy Pastures mean Healthy Horses BioStar US

Protecting the Equine Gut from Herbicide and Pesticide Exposure

Recently a customer notified me that she had her feed tested for glyphosate (Roundup) residue. She had been happy with ...
Hedgerow GI The Next Generation of Gut Support | BioStar US

Hedgerow GI: The Next Generation in Gut Support

Hedgerow GI: A new formula with ancient roots Several years ago, I became interested in traditional English hedgerows and how ...

A Horse is a GI Tract on Four Legs

Recently I read an article on a presentation about gastric ulcers in horses given at the Association of Equine Practitioners ...
Bacillus subtilis | BioStar US

Bacillus subtilis: The Spore-based Probiotic You’ve Never Heard Of

This summer, I was introduced to a new probiotic strain by a colleague who is a human supplement formulator. He ...
Tulsi aka Holy Basil | BioStar US

Tulsi, “The Incomparable One”

In Western herbology, Tulsi, also known as Holy Basil (Ocimum sanctum), is categorized as an adaptogen: a plant capable of ...
BioStar's Travel Tips for Equestrian Season | BioStar US

Healthy and Safe Travel with Horses

The annual migration south is occurring, as horses from all over the U.S., Canada, South America and parts of Europe ...