Weight Gain For Horses

If you’ve ever had an underweight horse, you’ve probably found yourself a little jealous of those easy-keeper horses that just look at food and gain weight. Some horses are just picky eaters. Others are notorious hard-keepers that burn up everything they eat faster than you can get it in them. Unfortunately, some may also have digestive or other health issues getting in the way.

No matter what the reason, a healthy GI tract that operates properly is imperative for encouraging weight gain for horses.

Digestive Causes of Underweight Horses

Often, the first method used to encourage weight gain for horses is increasing feed – especially grains. But a diet too high in these starchy grains upsets the natural digestive balance of a horse’s gut. At best the extra grain makes him too hot too handle or too uncomfortable to perform and act his best. At worst, it causes serious digestive imbalances that can lead to clinical issues like ulcers and colic.

Internal reasons your horse may have difficulty gaining weight include:

• Poor nutrient absorption
• Acid in the hindgut (hindgut acidosis) causing digestive imbalance
• Stress or management related ulcers

Weight Gain for Horses by Improving Digestive Health

The best way to help an underweight horse pack on much-needed pounds is to make sure that its digestive tract is totally healthy. When the stomach, intestines, and hindgut are working their best, your horse will get the most out of its food. And when it feels better it will eat better too.

SUCCEED®, a once-daily feed supplement, can help improve your horse’s digestive health so that he puts on that needed weight. Its benefits include:

• Oat Flour (beta-glucan): SUCCEED® contains oat flour rich in a soluble fiber called Beta glucan, which moderates transit time in digestion.  This allows for increased digestion of processed feeds in the small intestines as well as a moderated release of sugar into the bloodstream.
• Irradiated Dried Yeast: two types of complex yeast sugars in SUCCEED®, known as Mannan Oligosaccharides (MOS), act as a sponge to remove bad bacteria and toxins that can hinder digestive function in the hindgut and affect overall health.
• L-Glutamine: this amino acid helps build the villi (ripples in the gut wall), maximizing surface area for greater nutrient absorption.
• L-Threonine: an essential amino acid, supports the production of mucin, a necessary component of mucus that lubricates and protects the GI tract lining.
• Oat Oil (polar lipids): the oat oil in SUCCEED is rich in Polar Lipids, fat molecules that coat damaged tissues in the gut and provide an amazing conduit for getting nutrients into the bloodstream.

Take the SUCCEED Challenge today and give your underweight horse a chance to gain those pounds.

Gerard and Christine Bernauer Saw Mare’s Weight Improve on SUCCEED®