Determining Ingredient Quality
It’s very difficult to ascertain ingredient quality by reading a label. This is due, in part, to labeling laws which benefit companies, not consumers. For example, did you know that chicken feathers, or feather...
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Questions & Ethics: Keeping the Feed and Supplement Industry Honest
At BioStar, we are asked lots of questions by horse and dog owners. It’s an important part of working for BioStar to welcome the opportunity to answer questions…and if we don’t know the answer...
A Rash of Roundup: Glyphosate Sensitivity in Horses
Last September, a vet-tech friend of mine in Texas, Lizzy Meyer, alerted me to the fact that her horse, Elto, had developed what she suspected was a glyphosate sensitivity. Glyphosate is Monsanto’s herbicide with the...
What is “Natural”?
With our aversion to artificial ingredients, the term “natural” has long been a popular marketing term widely used in human food products and supplementation. Now it’s being used more and more for equine and...
