Baileys No14 Lo Cal Balancer Horse 20kg

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Blue Chip Lami-Light is a low starch, molasses-free, and no added sugar balancer that supports digestive health, fat metabolism, and hoof quality. The quadruple-action digestive supplement, which combines a probiotic with prebiotic MOS, nucleotides, and sepiolite clay, creates the ideal conditions for a healthy digestive system, crucial for horses prone to laminitis. Our balancers are nutrient-dense pellets, that contain all a horse or pony needs for health and well-being, without the, potentially, “fizzy or fattening calories” associated with a traditional mix or cube. There is now so much choice that, like with mixes and cubes, it’s almost makes life more complicated instead of less. If your main aim is to provide essential nutrition without additional calories or starch, to be honest, any balancer will do! Remember not to get hung-up on starch levels; the amount of balancer you feed (typically 100g per 100kg bodyweight) is so low that, whatever the percentage starch content, the actual amount of starch your horse receives from his daily balancer is negligible. Avoid feeding cereal grains, such as corn, oats, and barley, as they are high in starch and can exacerbate laminitis symptoms. Although these products provide a wide range of nutrients, if your horse has a particular issue or demand on his lifestyle, a specific supplement – such as a one of the best joint supplements for horses – may provide him a greater benefit. It’s also important to note that, in most cases, you need to feed an electrolytein addition to the balancer if your horse requires one.

Long term feeding of meals high in starch and sugar, which can cause significant spikes in blood glucose and insulin levelsGood quality oat or barley straw are very low in calories and very high in fibre so may be used to replace part of the hay/haylage ration to reduce overall calorie intake. However, we would not recommend replacing more than 30% of the forage ration with straw as otherwise the level of indigestible fibre in the diet will be too high. Also note that this option is suitable for horses with any dental compromise and, as with any feed, should be introduced very gradually. AB31-AB38, AB41-AB45, AB51-AB56, FK19-FK21,HS-HS9, IV1-IV63, KA27-KA28, KW1-KW17, PA20-PA80, PH1, PH5-PH10, PH15-PH50,VI13, ZE1-ZE3, BT1-99, IM1-9 & 99, TR21-25, PO30-41,GY1-GY9, JE1-JE5, Channel Islands (Jersey & Guernsey), Isle of Wight

Formulated to meet all the nutritional requirements of the older horse and give him all the support he needs to stay active and feeling young, this balancer supports the digestive system, which helps your horse maximise the value of his feed intake. Lo-Cal’s superior vitamin, mineral and antioxidant content supports good health and includes chelated minerals, which are more easily absorbed by the horse’s body. It has always contained health levels of biotin, alongside other nutrients known to encourage healthy hoof growth, and now biotin levels have been boostedto 30mg/kg (from 20mg/kg) to deliver those positively identified, byrecognisedresearch, of 3mg/100kg bodyweight/day ie. 15mg/500kg horse/day,just to be (even more) sure! Managing laminitis in horses requires careful attention to nutrition, in addition to veterinary care and lifestyle changes. Utilizing a laminitis-specific horse feed balancer can play a significant role in improving a horse’s health and well-being, making it an essential component of any laminitis management plan. Home / Health / Horse Feed & Supplements / Balancers For Horses With Laminitis The term EMS is used to describe horses and ponies with an insulin-resistant phenotype linked with laminitis susceptibility. EMS can also refer to a state of hormonal and metabolic derangement which the body gets when storing excessive body fat ie. this fat essentially changes the horse’s metabolism. Insulin resistance or dysregulationis an abnormal physiological response to the ingestion of feedstuffs that are eventually broken down into glucose or other sugar molecules. When feedstuffs containing glucose are fed, it causes a normal state of hyperglycaemia (elevated sugar levels in the blood). This prompts the release of insulin from the pancreas, encouraging the removal of glucose from the bloodstream by fat or skeletal muscle cells. Once in the cells, glucose can be used immediately to fuel exercise or growth, or can be stored as glycogen or fat for later use. Insulin resistance implies that either the liver or the skeletal muscles or fat cells are relatively insensitive to insulin activity, or that the quantity of insulin released in response to hyperglycaemia is diminished. As such, the glucose remains in the blood. As a result, the glucose levels remain high and the pancreas continues to discharge insulin, leading to elevated concentrations of insulin in the bloodstream, known as hyperinsulinemia.

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Baileys Lo-Cal balancer can be fed as the sole concentrate, to balance forage, or alongside reduced levels of other compound feeds to top up nutrient levels. Whatever the time of year, your horse will benefit from receiving a balanced diet – if your horse requires few, if any calories, because of reduced work load, or simply because he is a good doer, feeding Lo-Cal balancer to maintain nutrient levels without additional energy will help keep his body healthy. If a customer accepts a damaged parcel knowingly the damage must be specified on the courier driver's signature terminal. Please photograph damages for our investigation. Soaking hay for 12 to 16 hours will help to reduce the wsc content. Build up to this gradually as soaking can reduce palatability and be careful in warm weather to avoid fermentation or bacterial growth. Try to keep soaked hay out of direct sunlight for this reason. We’d recommend Stud Balancer, from conception onwards, to those pregnant mares who are also good-doers. Like Lo-Cal and Performance Balancer, it is low in calories, starch and sugar but it supplies specially tailored elevated levels of nutrients to support the developing foetus.