Down the Rabbit Hole with CBD
After all the media attention and marketing hype of the last few years, there’s still a lot to be cleared up about cannabidiol (CBD). So…have a seat and get comfortable with a cup of...
Category: Health Topics
EPM: New Research and Support for Our Horses
Fifty years ago, researchers identified EPM — equine protozoal encephalitis — but it wasn’t until the 1990s that the microscopic parasite Sarcocystis neurona was identified as the culprit. Today we know that there are...
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...
Success Story: Poldi and the Whole Food Diet
By Katrina Oosting Poldi is a Bayerisches (Bavarian) Warmblood who I imported from Spain as a 6 year old stallion. He was later gelded and has been an athletic, intelligent, and hardworking partner as...
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...
Lactobacillus rhamnosus: An Underrated Probiotic Player
Lactobacillus is a lactic acid bacteria that is a common component of equine and canine probiotic formulas. This genus belongs to the Firmicutes, a phylum that constitutes a significant proportion of the microbiota in...
The Great Debate: NSC vs Glycemic Index for Measuring Starch & Sugar
More and more horse owners are looking for feeds and forages with low starch and sugar content for easy keepers, insulin resistant horses, and horses afflicted with Cushing’s disease, PSSM, RER and the risk...
Success Story: Olivia Turcott and Chester
Dressage rider Olivia Turcott writes in about her experience with BioStar supplements and Chester, a Rhinelander Warmblood gelding who needed to gain weight and muscle tone. A few years ago my trainer at the...
What Has Happened to Our Hay?
I routinely look at hay analysis sent by customers needing an interpretation of the data and what it means about their hay quality. We have arrived at a point in the care of our...
The Seasons of Mafazi
“Everything turns in circles and spirals with the cosmic heart until infinity. Everything has a vibration that spirals inward or outward… This vibration keeps going… Like a lotus, it opens or closes, dies and...
