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Spring Fever

It is well known that spring grass can have a dramatic effect on your horse’s health and behaviour.  Mycotoxins, which are invisible and a potentially harmful pasture by product, love spring conditions.

Many people are now familiar with endophyte ryegrass. Endophytes are a type of fungus that attach themselves to the base and seeds of the ryegrass plant. These were bred into ryegrass to protect the plant from insect damage. Unfortunately, often these endophytes produce mycotoxins that affect horses and other livestock. Symptoms can be very subtle, ranging from excessive sweating, herd bound behaviour and spookiness, to full-blown staggers or colic.

There are also other mycotoxins present in all types of pasture that can affect horses. Warm weather conditions can cause the proliferation of mycotoxins throughout the year – including winter.

Toxin Binders have been developed to "catch hold” of ingested mycotoxins before they can pass into the bloodstream, passing harmlessly out in the manure and avoiding toxicity.

The following products are all designed to assist in managing a horses health and behaviour, whether it be by assisting digestion, toxin binding and/or calming.

  • James Hart

    James Hart Cushy Life

    $84.90

    Liquid extract of Chaste Berry, that supports normal hormonal balance. It can especially helpful in supporting pituitary function which is compromi...

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    Infield

    Infield Compose

    $109.90

    Compose can be used in horses to help manage unwanted behavour that may be caused by dietary deficiencies. An off-white,speckled,free-flowing powde...

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  • NPC

    NPC Chaste Berry

    $69.00

    Chaste Berry (pure)- helps relax and balance hormones of mares, particulary useful for moody horses, also used as support for older horses with "Cu...

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  • Nutritech

    Nutritech EquiCalma

    from $78.50

    Provides magnesium & B complex vitamins to help calm & quieten horses. B group vitamins are essential for strong muscles, good appetite &am...

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  • Animal Feed Solutions

    Harmonize

    from $47.90

    Harmful bacteria can produce toxins that stimulate a defensive immune reaction by the animal & this diverts dietary nutrients away from product...

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  • James Hart

    James Hart Co-operate

    $84.90

    Co-Operate helps reduce the stress of all types of training and is particularly useful for those horses that are continually on edge and always loo...

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  • James Hart

    James Hart Regulate

    $84.90

    Regulate is an easily absorbed liquid that nutritionally supports the normal balance of hormones. Composition Regulate contains 1:2 liquid extracts...

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  • Kohnkes Own

    Kohnkes Own Gastro Coat

    from $98.50

    GastroCoat contains a blend of specially selected common feeds that contain natural phospholipids, mucilage and buffering compounds that help to ma...

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  • Elite Equine

    Elite Equine Every-Day Elite

    from $119.90

    Every-Day Elite is formulated with proteinate organic minerals and contains organic magnesium. Great for a daily general mineral supplement.

  • Kumeu Grain

    Placide M + C

    from $79.90

    Placide-M+Ca A specially developed high grade of bio-available organic chelated magnesium-calcium blend with boron. Boron is an essential trace ele...

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  • Elite Equine

    Elite Equine Organic Plus

    $129.90

    ORGANIC PLUS is total mineral support for all horses whether they are working hard, pleasure, growing, spelling or elderly. Your horse's coat will ...

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  • Poseidon Equine

    Digestive EQ

    from $134.90

    Digestive EQ is a multi-action gut health supplement. The gut buffering compounds, digestion enhancing enzymes, prebiotic ingredients & the ami...

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  • Calm Healthy Horses

    GrazeEzy

    from $54.90

    Grass, in rapid growth mode, or stressed by over-grazing or the weather, becomes minerally imbalanced. This causes mineral imbalances in the horse....

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  • Calm Healthy Horses

    Alleviate C SOS

    from $62.90

    Has proved helpful for sore feet, shifting weight from foot to foot, Horses in rocked back stance, Reluctance to move, Lying down a lot, Head-flick...

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  • Duwell

    Duwell Magnesium Liquid

    from $59.90

    For all horses on grass.​A highly effective and extensively trialled magnesium liquid formulated specifically to maximize calmness, physical perfor...

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  • Kumeu Grain

    Dolomite

    from $6.50

    Calcium, and magnesium supplement. Helps with temperament, muscle function, energy and coat condition. Many animals have become much easier to mana...

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  • Kohnkes Own

    Kohnkes Own Mag - E

    from $163.90

    Ideal for working & travelling horses to provide a well absorbed form of magnesium, as well as essential Vitamin E and Vitamin B1, to help nerv...

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  • Calm Healthy Horses

    Alleviate C

    from $63.50

    Alleviate C is Designed for… Recreational Horses: everybody wants a calm, healthy horse that is a pleasure to take out on the trail and is comfort...

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  • Dominion Health

    More-Mag

    $86.90

    Magnesium Pidolate Drench for improved protection from magnesium deficiency. Magnesium pidolate contained in More-mag(TM) is metabolised quickly, a...

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