Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome and Your Horse
I remember the first time I heard the words: “I think we need to treat your horse for ulcers.” It was 1997 and I was in Europe training with my horse, Lionheart. The Belgian...
Tagged: GI tract
Announcing Optimum EQ 2.0 from BioStar
If you give your horse a multivitamin/mineral, it’s possible that your horse’s body is not able to process all of the potential benefits due to low bioavailability. BioStar’s upgraded Optimum 2.0 provides your horse...
BioStar Upgrades Multivitamin/Mineral Formulas
When we introduced Optimum EQ to combat equine mineral deficiencies in 2007, it was revolutionary: not only for the ingredients in this multivitamin/mineral supplement, but also for what was not included. We formulated Optimum...
Is Your Horse Really Getting His Minerals? Why Bioavailability Matters
Horse owners know how important macro- and microminerals are for their horses. Hay and fresh forage used to provide the necessary minerals for horses; however, these days the mineral content of hay can be...
Living Off the Land: Health Benefits of Soil-Based Organisms
I like to get dirty. I like to roll in grass, dirt, and leaves. I like to swim in creeks, run through mud, lie in patches of freshly raked garden soil. These are some...
Zen: Customize Your Horse’s Calm
There are many calming supplements and pastes that address stress in horses. Quite a few use ingredients like Vitamin B-1 (thiamin), magnesium, L-tryptophan, and inositol. These calming ingredients can be effective, which is why...
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...
In the BioStar Lab: Shilajit
Shilajit is a resin formed during the late Triassic period when geological shifts in the continents caused plants and ammonites (extinct marine mollusks from the Cretaceous period) to be trapped under sediment and rock,...
What’s the Poop?
Horse people are unique in many ways, and among all our various and interesting quirks is our obsession with poop. Typical is a non-horse person coming to a barn, wrinkling their nose, and asking,...
