EQUINE HEALTH
BIOSTAR’S EQUINE RESEARCH
Equine nutrition, diet, supplements, health products, and research specific to your horse’s health and wellbeing.
For the Love of the Senior Horse
Senior horses are a lot like senior citizens in the human world: sometimes undervalued, but knowing one is an amazing ...
On the Subject of Soy…
Soy is one of the most common ingredients in equine feed, and is also found in various equine supplements and ...
Breath Is Life: Supporting the Equine Respiratory Tract
Because of the horrendous fires in California, and the subsequent toxic air, I think it’s timely and very important to ...
Fruit of the Ancients: Amalaki for Horses
In Ayurvedic medicine, amalaki (also known as amla) is considered one of the most powerful rejuvenating foods. In Sanskrit, amalaki ...
Open to Our Animals: The Art of Intuition
In our world of high-tech connections and megabits per second, we tend to forget about the other mode of communication ...
The Verdict on Artificial — and “Natural” — Flavorings
It has turned into a real challenge to find a supplement or a bag of feed without also finding the ...
Coming Soon: Receptor EQ
Whenever a change occurs in an animal’s or human’s external environment, adjustments must be made so that the internal environment ...
The Otter Whisperer
For the second year in a row, I have had close encounters with sea otters in Kachemak Bay, Alaska. The ...
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 ...
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 ...
Manuka Honey: The Sweet Treatment for Wounds
I was introduced to manuka honey over twenty years ago by my brother who lives in New Zealand. He sent ...
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 ...
