Living Their Best Lives:
Senior Horses
Senior horses are special. They bring a “been there, done that” kind of wisdom to every barn. Even when they kick up their heels and act silly, they still hold a vibration of sage...
Category: Joints & Tissue
HEALTHY JOINTS AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES
FOR DOGS AND HORSES
Information and support for healthy joints, connective tissues, and mobility for hard working and hard playing horses and dogs.
Living Their Best Lives:
Does My Horse Need CoQ10?
Back in the 1990’s, I was hearing a lot of chatter about Coenzyme Q10, commonly known as CoQ10, being beneficial for humans and heart health. The conversations surrounding CoQ10 were certainly intriguing, but I...
We Love Spirulina for Horses and Dogs
I was introduced to spirulina in 1983 when the human supplement company I worked for created a spirulina supplement. As an ingredient, Spirulina was the “new kid on the block”: a blue-green algae we...
Support for Horses with Lyme Disease
Lyme disease is most prevalent in the Northeast, upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and California-Pacific Northwest regions of the US. It’s caused by a tiny coil-shaped organism known as Borrelia burgdorferi, a member of the gram-negative...
Does my horse need a ration balancer?
There are major differences between a ration balancer, a conventional supplement, and a bioavailable multivitamin and mineral supplement formula. How do you choose? Ration balancers A ration balancer is essentially a multivitamin and mineral...
Ligatend Collagen EQ: Joint & Connective Tissue Support for Horses
Collagen is an amazing protein. It is the most abundant protein in mammals, comprising up to 35% of the whole-body protein content, and is considered one of the most useful biomaterials known.1 The body...
We Don’t Just Work Here
Working at BioStar means getting an up-close look at everything that goes into our unique whole-food equine and canine supplements. We know firsthand what’s in our supplements, how they’re made, and why they improve...
Eggshell Membrane Collagen for Horses and Neuro-Plex EQ Powder
Collagen is a popular protein ingredient in supplements for humans, dogs, and horses. A few years ago, I got on the bandwagon and tried two different collagen supplements, but didn’t see or feel a...
What Labels Don’t Tell Us
When I’m doing nutritional consults, I often need to look up various feed and supplement labels on products the customer is using. I do the same thing when clients text me, “A friend at...
Rush, the Oldest US OTTB, and BioStar
Rush (race name: Dead Solid Perfect, pet name: Goose), passed away on November 8, 2022 and is believed to have been the oldest living OTTB in the U.S. at 39 years and 188 days....
