Equine Health Starts Inside

So much about having a happy, healthy horse hinges on the state of its digestive system. And it doesn’t take much to upset the delicate digestive balance of a horse’s gut. All too common digestive issues in horses can include poor nutrient absorption, ulcers, colic, diarrhea, difficulty maintaining weight, loss of appetite, and grain in the manure

The most beneficial change you can make for your horse is to improve wellness at the root: the digestive system.

Equine Health Starts In the Digestive Tract

The digestive tract of the horse is designed to support a very specific lifestyle — grazing freely in herds for up to 18 hours of the day. This lifestyle includes a few basic characteristics that relate to the GI tract:

• A diet of primarily grass
• Constant consumption
• Low stress
• Low energy requirements

This is definitely not the lifestyle of modern performance horses, and even many of today’s leisure horses. Demands on time, resources, and individual horses’ requirements, leave them stalled for all or parts of the day, perhaps receiving only two or three meals per day, and exercising rigorously. And even if your horse seems healthy on the outside, this lifestyle almost guarantees that things aren’t quite right on the inside.

This leaves virtually every horse in a constant state of digestive imbalance.

Outward Signs of Equine Digestive Tract Issues

Because horses can’t tell us when something’s wrong, we learn to watch for behavioral clues. Signs of a equine digestive tract issues can include:

• Inability to maintain weight
• Difficulty bending, collecting or extending
• Coarse, dull coat
• Stall vices
• Sensitivity to touch and girthiness

And when the situation is more serious — when a digestive health issue has reached a clinical condition — the horse’s behavior may be more pronounced:

• Shows signs of discomfort, especially in the belly
• Manure is loose or watery
• Clearly favors one side, or won’t bend to one side
• Goes off feed
• Is anemic

Too often, we don’t realize our horse has a digestive issue until it reaches the stage where we need to call a vet for diagnosis and treatment. Not only is this dangerous for your horse and costly for you, but it tends to spiral into a repetitive cycle. By addressing the root causes of digestive imbalance – feeding and management – you can break this cycle and have a healthier horse from the inside out.

Promote Equine Health and Avoid Serious Risks

Keeping your horse’s digestive tract health in optimal condition is important. And with SUCCEED®, it’s also easy.

Just feed one serving of SUCCEED® once a day, every day with your horse’s regular feed. This unique patented formulation conditions key components of your horse’s digestive system to break the diagnose, treat, repeat cycle and promote overall wellness.

	“SUCCEED® made a huge difference for Harlem Globetrotter. Now he has a bloom to his coat and his eyes are bright, he is filled out and looks like a much younger, happier horse. There’s no doubt that this is a great thing for our horses. I’m truly grateful for this product’s development.” Read full story. Joan Hamilton Kalarama Farm