Wychwood Stables - Custom Blends -WHY BLEND?Links to explain Suppliment Ingredients
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"Skin is the largest organ in the body, with the internal health and nutritional state reflected in the skin and hooves. The dry, dull, bleached coats on which clients spend a fortune on shampoos and supplements, can be best treated from the inside using a [balanced nutritional] approach. One of the primary signs of a healthy horse is a deep rich color to the hair. Truly healthy horses have a glow to their coat and they do not bleach out in the sun."
-Dr Joyce Harman, DVM, CAVM Horses are individual-
Here is Wychwood's reasons for BLENDING These supplements are custom designed for the hard working sport horse at Wychwood Stables. The following research explains the feed requirements for the athlete horse Improving the diet approximately 80 to 90% of the feed eaten by horses is used to satisfy their energy requirements. Horses, like people, utilize energy to run most of the chemical reactions within the body, particularly to fuel muscle contractions vital to the work effort. As such, any horse diet should focus on providing adequate energy (calories). The major source of that energy is dietary carbohydrates (grass, hay, grain, molasses, etc.) Because the amount of energy available from forage alone can be a limiting factor for performance, grain is often added to increase the energy density of a diet. Dietary fat is another source of energy readily employed by the horse for calories. Fat contains roughly 2.25 as much energy as an equal weight of carbohydrate, so less is needed to fuel body processes. Dietary fat has been scientifically proven to be advantageous to the performance of horses undergoing prolonged bouts of exercise. During long duration, moderate intensity exercise, the body depends on fat stores to supply energy for work. The addition of fat to the diet has been found to increase the ability of the horse to mobilize fat stores for energy, sparing the muscle glycogen (sugar) stores for more intense bouts of exercise. In a study done at Kentucky Equine Research comparing differences in fat utilization between breeds, it was found that Arabians (the most common breed used for endurance) are much more efficient at mobilizing and burning fat as an energy source than are Thoroughbred Immune function Antioxidants are also important for support of the immune system. Human endurance athletes may have reduced immune function for about 70 hours following a bout of prolonged and intensive exercise. During this period the body may be particularly susceptible to infection, allowing viruses and bacteria to gain a foothold. Lack of sleep, severe mental stress, malnutrition, weight loss, or other stressors commonly associated with shipping and competing can also exacerbate depression of immune function. Although the research has been done in humans, it may very likely be similar for the equine endurance athlete. Whether human or equine, body cells need specific nutrients to be able to properly divide and produce necessary antibodies. Many enzymes in immune cells require the presence of micronutrients, and critical roles have been defined for zinc, iron, copper, selenium, and vitamins A, B6, C, and E.Stomach problems The rigors and routines of training often interrupt the natural grazing behaviour of performance horses, and consequently their stomach acid buffering mechanism. Indigestion often results. If a horse has any of the following signs it may be suffering from heartburn: drop in performance, sour attitude, poor hair coat, grinding teeth, inappetance, and weight loss. Many endurance horses enjoy the luxury of having 24-hour turnout in grazing paddocks, which is ideal for the prevention of ulcers or heartburn. However, when this lifestyle is interrupted and the horse is loaded in a horsebox, put in a stressful situation, fed differently than normal, and then asked to compete for hours with limited meals, he may end up with a sour stomach that will affect performance or attitude. Medications designed to alleviate these discomforts or those specifically designed to be stomach buffers can help horses with these problems. refer to the following link. Why Blend your own supplement?One solution, with all your horse specific requirements can be designed. Gooms have less supplements to measure out. You know exactly what your horse is receiving in his supplement. No accidents, no mix-ups, and a supplement balanced to ensure OPTIMAL results.
And a HUGE cost saving Pop us an email to enquire more detail and how having a Nutritionist assist you BALANCING your horse's requirements. |
Supplements should be formulated to help your horse’s whole body by having all of the nutrients required in one easy to manage all in one supplement.
A supplement should be packed with nutrition such as, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids and detoxifiers and fortifiers to help your horse rebuild their health day by day so the long term effects result in a nutritionally BALANCED horse. In other words a horse’s daily required nutrition packed.
Some of the benefits of using a designed balanced supplement based on your horses natural diet:
On a DAILY basis Increases exterior appearance from inner health builders
A supplement should be packed with nutrition such as, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, fatty acids and detoxifiers and fortifiers to help your horse rebuild their health day by day so the long term effects result in a nutritionally BALANCED horse. In other words a horse’s daily required nutrition packed.
Some of the benefits of using a designed balanced supplement based on your horses natural diet:
- Increases hoof growth and quality
- Increases long term health, energy and vitality
- Improves your horses immune system and decreases susceptibility to infection
- Improves your horses exercise tolerance and recovery times
- Improves your horses appetite
- Help stabilize blood sugar
- Reduces inflammatory disorders
- Reduces skin and coat abnormalities
- Reduces breeding problems and infertility caused by poor diet
- Reduces bloating, diarrhoea and colic
- Increases stamina and strength
- Reduces growth abnormalities in growing and young horses
- Reduces joint and muscle inflammation
- Safely and effortlessly improves your pregnant mares chances for a healthy foal
On a DAILY basis Increases exterior appearance from inner health builders