Nutrition and Feeding

Nutrition and Feeding

NUTRITION AND FEEDING

Diet and nutrition protocols, important information, instructions, and advice for horses and dogs.

Horse Hindgut Health and Butyrate | BioStarUS

Butyric Acid and Hindgut Health

An estimated 65% of all performance and sport horses experience hindgut ulcers. Stress (including environmental, training, and transport stress), nutrition, ...
Medicinal mushrooms

Medicinal Mushrooms for Dogs & Horses

Medicinal mushrooms have thousands of years of use as therapeutic foods in Traditional Chinese Medicine as well as in ancient ...

Ask Tigger: Diet Recommendations to Build Muscle

Tigger shares her experienced take on muscle-building diet recommendations for horses: Dear Tigger, I recently purchased a horse that was ...
Horse on Optimum Defense label

Supporting the Equine Immune System with Optimum Defense

The equine immune system is a vast, complex biological apparatus. How well it functions depends on a number of factors ...
Sym-Biota K9 | BioStar US

Liquid GI Support for Dogs:
Sym-Biota K9

Keeping our dog healthy begins with the gut, and dietary GI support is key to achieving it. Hippocrates said, “all ...
East Meets West: Integrated Nutritional Support for Cushing's Horses

Integrated Nutritional Support for Cushing’s Horses

The approaches to biological health challenges — including treatment of insulin-resistant and Cushing's horses — are very different between Eastern ...
Cooling Foods | BioStar US

Cooling Tips for Horses, Dogs, and You

With record breaking heat covering much of the country this month, it’s a good time to seek out cooling tips ...
Consider the Source: Not All Colostrum Supplement Products are Alike | BioStar US

How to Select the Best Bovine Colostrum

Bovine colostrum is a sought-after supplement whose growing popularity stems from research on its important contributions to human athletic performance ...
Colostrum-38 | BioStar US

Bovine Colostrum for Horses, Dogs, and People

Bovine colostrum is one of those versatile supplements that I always have on hand for the horses, the dogs, and ...
Thera-Gard | BioStar US

Relief for Ulcer-Prone Horses

BioStar’s Tri-Gard EQ paste and Thera-Gard EQ provide gastric and digestive support for ulcer-prone horses. BioStar developed Tri-Gard EQ and ...
Asta Zan-14 | BioStar US

Asta Zan 14: Super Antioxidant Recovery Supplement for Dogs

Asta Zan-14™ combines astaxanthin, the antioxidant powerhouse from microalgae, and the Ayurvedic herb turmeric, with additional high antioxidant ingredients to ...
Summertime Recovery Tips for Horses | BioStar US

Summertime Recovery Tips for Horses

We tend to work our horses harder in the warmer months, when recovery is more of a challenge. The harder ...