EQUINE HEALTH
BIOSTAR’S EQUINE RESEARCH
Equine nutrition, diet, supplements, health products, and research specific to your horse’s health and wellbeing.
Why Soil-Based Organisms (Bacillus Bacteria) Are Important for GI Tract Health
Soil-based organisms (SBOs) are probiotic bacteria found in healthy soils that are classified as Bacillus strains. They have the unique ...
Does your horse need quercetin?
Quercetin is a bioflavonoid (phytonutrient) found in foods such as apples, berries, kale, spinach, and broccoli. A great resource for ...
CoQ10 Can Benefit Horses with EPM and Lyme Disease
Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is a fat-soluble antioxidant the body produces within the cellular mitochondria, and it can offer significant support ...
Winter Hydration for Your Horse
This winter has been a particularly cold one for much of the country. During this time of year, horses’ access ...
Artificial Intelligence and Equine Supplements
When BioStar began back in 2007, e-commerce was decidedly simpler than it is today. To keep up with the changes ...
Feed the Gut Microbiome for Optimum Health
The gut microbiome is much more diverse in healthy, wild horses than the gut microbiome of healthy, domesticated horses.1 This ...
Microbiome Success with Spectrum EQ!
Tess Strumwasser, Equipoise Dressage trainer and long-time BioStar customer, came to Tigger to get help with some issues her horse, Sochi, ...
Did You Know? | Scientific Fun Facts About Dogs & Horses
Did you know that dogs excel at reading human facial expressions and direct emotional cues?1 Horses, on the other hand, ...
BioStar’s Happy Horse Award: Horse Welfare in Competition
BioStar's Happy Horse Award celebrates the bond between horse and rider while honoring the trainers, riders, and owners who prioritize ...
Varied Surfaces Help Equine & Canine Connective Tissues
When I was growing up, we all rode ponies everywhere: down asphalt roads, on frozen ground, in wet mud, and ...
Spectrum EQ™: A Balanced Mind Begins in the Gut
When shopping for equine feed and supplements both in store and online, it doesn’t take much to notice just how ...
Navigating the indoor show circuit: Tips for a healthy horse-and-rider team
The indoor show circuit is exciting, intense, fun, and stressful. While the highs of this competition season can make it ...
