PRODUCTS THAT MAY ASSIST WITH THESE ISSUES
Tying Up syndrome affects many horses and can be as simple as dietary imbalance – for example too high a grain ratio, or insufficient electrolytes – to complex hormone imbalances, genetic disposition and cellular inter-reactions to minerals like selenium and Vitamin E. The dietary imbalance can be improved with digestion assistance from Digest Rite – the performance variety being suitable for high grain intake typical in racehorses. Electrolytes can assist with tye-up due to dehydration, and often the supplementation of selenium with Vitamin E can reduce the risk of an incident. Good management is needed with a horse that has been prone to tye-up, when not in work all carbohydrate feed must be reduced and grain feed not given. Sudden stopping of work and sudden start up can also be a trigger, mares coming into season and showing this problem can be alleviated with the use of a hormone like regumate on advice from your veterinarian.
Your horses need a range of minerals but they must be in correct proportions. The actual quantities are important but so is the balance of