Biotin
I have seen the equestrian industry explode since I was a child, new types of feed (mostly sky high in sugar), new pieces of equipment, rugs, quilts, lotions and potions that don’t always do what they say on the tin, equivalent to the human cellulite and anti-wrinkle creams and gadgets galore, making it a multi-million pound industry. Biotin is free and horses make their own.
Healthy horses produce their own biotin in the hindgut.
Both fibre and fresh green forage also contain biotin, so if your horse needs extra, up the fibre and fresh green forage for the fibre fermenting bacteria in the hindgut.
So many people rush off and buy biotin when their horse’s feet fall apart, but one of the many keys to strong healthy hooves is a good quality natural balanced diet and it may be 6 months before you see the effects of feeding this.
Extra biotin supplement can be useful in cases like laminitis, older horses, long-term antibiotics (that often alter gut bacteria) and horses (like racing thoroughbreds that have been fed on a high grain diet, susceptible to thin soles).
I have seen the equestrian industry explode since I was a child, new types of feed (mostly sky high in sugar), new pieces of equipment, rugs, quilts, lotions and potions that don’t always do what they say on the tin, equivalent to the human cellulite and anti-wrinkle creams and gadgets galore, making it a multi-million pound industry. Biotin is free and horses make their own.
Healthy horses produce their own biotin in the hindgut.
Both fibre and fresh green forage also contain biotin, so if your horse needs extra, up the fibre and fresh green forage for the fibre fermenting bacteria in the hindgut.
So many people rush off and buy biotin when their horse’s feet fall apart, but one of the many keys to strong healthy hooves is a good quality natural balanced diet and it may be 6 months before you see the effects of feeding this.
Extra biotin supplement can be useful in cases like laminitis, older horses, long-term antibiotics (that often alter gut bacteria) and horses (like racing thoroughbreds that have been fed on a high grain diet, susceptible to thin soles).