This nutritionally-balanced feed promotes healthier joints and stronger hooves, making it ideal for horses prone to laminitis.
Healthy Hooves Molasses Free is a nutritionally-balanced, low-sugar and starch feed for promoting healthier joints and stronger hooves. It is low in calories, providing 8.5MJ/kg of Digestible Energy.
The feed contains a blend of soft cereal straw with chopped and pelleted nutrient-rich alfalfa. A light rapeseed oil coating provides slow-release energy and coat shine. Garlic is included to tempt fussy horses and ponies.
High quality forages such as alfalfa are abundant in natural vitamins and minerals. In low calorie formulations where straw is included to bring the calorie value down, the mineral levels are also reduced. The use of premixes and ingredients such as MSM help to counter this effect.
Several studies have been conducted into how much biotin a horse requires. Research has shown that greater growth rates and hardness of hooves were achieved at a daily feeding rate of 15mg of biotin. The level of biotin included in this feed has been formulated accordingly, and when fed at the recommended rates, it will provide a 500kg horse with 15mg of biotin per day.
Research also demonstrated that alfalfa increases the quality and quantity of horn growth, which was attributed to the highly available calcium and essential amino acids found naturally in alfalfa.
Features:
- Contains no added sugar (2.5%) and is low in starch (1.5%)
- The addition of Methyl Sulfonyl Methane (MSM) provides a source of bio-available sulphur, which is particularly important for hooves
- Packed with B vitamins, including biotin at levels that research has shown to improve hoof quality
- Increased levels of key trace minerals that are most likely to be deficient in forage
- Includes chelated or organic forms of key trace minerals: selenium, copper, and zinc, which are more bio-available to the horse
- Ideal for horses in light work, good do-ers, and laminitis prone horses
- When fed at the recommend rate (500g per 100kg bodyweight), this feed will provide your horse with a balanced diet