New from BioStar: Adaptor EQ for Homeostasis & Wellness
Wellness: What does it mean to your horse? There are many wellness formulas for horses on the market, but what does this term really mean for the health of your horse? Wellness is commonly...
Category: Hydration
Rest, Relaxation, & Alixir EQ: The Keys to Recovery
Supporting the body’s recovery process after physical exertion, training, and competing is crucial for equine athletes. Horse recovery support is also crucial for animals stressed from high temperatures and/or high humidity. Metabolic horses, especially,...
Aqua-Forte and Alixir: New Equine Hydration Solutions from BioStar
As we discussed last month, water is a major component of the equine body. Adult horses are 65% water, and foals are 80%. When we think about the size of an adult horse, that’s...
In the Lab: Science and Equine Hydration Therapy
Water comprises an enormous part of the horse’s body: foals are about 80% water and adult horses about 65% water. When you think about the average size of an adult horse, that’s a lot...
Deciphering the Marketing Language of a Digestive Supplement
Recently, Purina released a new digestive supplement called Outlast™ which will, according to the company’s literature, “support a healthy gastric environment.” Intrigued, I went online to read the marketing information: “Outlast™ supplement contains a...
What’s the Poop?
Horse people are unique in many ways, and among all our various and interesting quirks is our obsession with poop. Typical is a non-horse person coming to a barn, wrinkling their nose, and asking,...
Water Quality Matters: Introducing the Horse Hydrator
Water has been on my radar for some time now, long before hearing about the Horse Hydrator, and long before water disasters like Flint, Michigan hit the public news waves. It has been on...
Salts of the Earth: Understanding Electrolytes
Horses cool themselves by sweating as we do, but they can sweat three times more than humans from the same surface area of skin. Altogether, horses can sweat up to four gallons an hour,...
Feeding for Recovery
Daily training exerts stress on the body and increases cortisol, which breaks down muscle rather than building it up. To understand why the best equine recovery foods work, it helps to know the four...
What Makes a Horse Poultice Unique?
There are lots of choices in regards to horse poultice products, but neither the equine nor canine industries have seen anything quite like BioStar’s new Artisan Poultices. I know that’s a pretty astounding statement...
