LaminShield Pure
MAGNESIUM MANAGEMENT IN
HORSES
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LaminShield Pure
provides a safe, palatable and easy way to provide supplementary
magnesium to horses, ponies and donkeys.
LaminShield Pure
provides a highly bio-available blend of five sources of magnesium,
Bioplex™ zinc and copper, sulphur and iron to help maintain hoof,
coat, skin and general body condition and the lick supplies essential
mineral salts provided by premium Cheshire salt. LaminShield Pure is
granular in 25gm sachets and is just added daily to the bucket feed.
Honey flavouring
has been added to increase palatability for fussy eaters. Recent
palatability studies have shown honey flavouring to be very popular
with horses.
Why is magnesium so
important to horses?
Veterinary scientists have shown that magnesium is an important factor
in hundreds of processes in the horse, but also that magnesium intake
is often below requirement in modern horse diets (rich pastures,
acidic soils and high concentrate diets).
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Magnesium dependant reactions in the horse’s body include:
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The
insulin response – Re-establishing normal blood sugar levels after a
high carbohydrate feed (rich grasses / cereals), providing glucose
to cells for energy production and helping maintain insulin
tolerance which can be low in native breeds, animals prone to
laminitis and overweight animals.
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Protein synthesis in the body – Protection, growth and repair of
tissues including hoof tissue
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Maintaining normal blood circulation – To the body, limbs and feet
and an aid to preventing blood clots in the blood vessels
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The
function of excitable membranes – Nerve tissues, deficient in
magnesium, can cease to function normally causing animals to become
tense, nervous and highly-strung.
When
is magnesium supplementation necessary?
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There are a number of reasons why magnesium intake or status may be
low:
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Type
of diet and management – High levels of concentrate in the diet or
out at grass all year
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Time
of the year – During wet periods and in the Spring and September
with periods of grass growth
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Environmental conditions – Acidic and marshy soils
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Health status and body condition – Overweight horses and ponies and
animals prone to laminitis have a lower magnesium status
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Breed – Native breeds tend to have a lower magnesium status
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Stress – There is a greater requirement for magnesium during periods
of stress
Magnesium and Laminitis
Magnesium supplementation has been advised by veterinary surgeons with
excellent results both in America and the UK. The supplementation
serves not only to re-balance the diet in low magnesium areas or with
high cereal diets, but also to help in combating fat deposition in
overweight animals (cresty necks). In particular with laminitics, to
aid weight loss where necessary, for protection of body tissues and
also to maintain circulation. Magnesium is also often used to help
tense, nervous, highly strung animals due to it’s involvement in the
function of excitable membranes.
