Prepare for Winter with Nutri-Gard: For Complete Gut Care

Prepare for Winter with Nutri-Gard, for Complete Gut Care

The temperatures are dropping and the fields are getting wet, resulting in slowed grass growth and perhaps a limited time period that your horse can turn out to his paddock. While some horses take this shift in diet and management practice all in their stride, others find it more challenging, resulting in undesirable behaviours and digestive disturbances.

What happens to the inner workings of our horses when we transition them from grazing to stabling, and how can Nutri-Gard help?

Increased risk of gastric ulceration: stress and intermittent feeding are just two of many risk factors associated with gastric ulcers. Nutri-Gard contains amino acids which support mucin production to line and protect the digestive tract. Pectin is also included to buffer excess stomach acid, often associated with large concentrate meals or reduced access to forage.

Increased susceptibility to disease: the stress associated with a change in routine causes increased cortisol levels and disruption to the delicate gut microbiome. This can result in a reduced ability to fight disease and infection. The postbiotics included in Nutri-Gard have been showed to help stress-challenged horses by reducing cortisol levels, stabilising microbial populations, and improving immune responses.

Nutri-Gard is ideal for:

• Horses prone to stomach acidity or hindgut acidosis
• Horses needing extra digestive support
• Horses under stress with reduced immune function
• Horses on a high concentrate, low forage diet
• Poor doers with low body condition score
• Horses with reduced appetite
• Horses travelling or competing regularly
• Stabilising microflora during periods of dietary changes such as the introduction of fresh spring grazing