Equine Health

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EQUINE HEALTH

BIOSTAR’S EQUINE RESEARCH

Equine nutrition, diet, supplements, health products, and research specific to your horse’s health and wellbeing.

Circuvate EQ: advanced circulatory support for horses from BioStar US

Introducing BioStar’s Circuvate EQ: Whole Food Circulation Supplement

BioStar introduces Circuvate EQ, a brand-new circulation supplement in February, 2017, specifically designed for the equine circulatory system — the system ...
Does My Horse Need a Multivitamin / Mineral Supplement

Does My Horse Need a Multivitamin / Mineral Supplement?

"Does my horse need a multivitamin / mineral supplement?" This question comes across my desk via emails and texts several ...
Whole Food For Horses Book Review by Lindsey for BioStar US

Whole Food for Horses: A Guide to Fitter, Happier Equines

by Lindsey Henry,  BioStar Customer Service Specialist Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one ...
Ulcer Sensitivities in Horses

Ulcer Sensitivities in Horses and How to Address Them

Horses evolved from small forest dwellers into grazers on the open plains and savannas.  Biologically, they are adapted to eating ...
science of supplements

The Verdict: What Science Says About Supplements

Recently, a report on calcium supplements was made public.  This is not the first time researchers have taken a deeper ...
Water and hydration

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 ...

Stealing BioStar: Kemosabe Confesses

by Kemosabe Well, she caught me in the act. I had cleverly removed the lid from the Optimum Senior JS ...
Ayurveda

Ayurveda: The Oldest Medicine on Earth

­My first exposure to Ayurveda was in 1984 at The Natural Products Expo in Atlanta.  I was working for a ...
How to start with a whole food diet

Getting Started With the Whole Food Diet

It can seem daunting to disconnect ourselves from commercial horse feeds and plunge into the world of the whole food ...
Feeding Horses in the 1800s - BioStar US

Looking Back: Feeding Horses in the 1800s

I came across an interesting book called The History, Treatment, and Diseases of the Horse written by William Youatt for ...
Understanding Electrolytes

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 ...
speaking to intuition

Intuition: The Best Communication with Your Horse

In our high-tech world of bytes and data we can forget there's another avenue of communication that isn’t cellular, or vocal, ...