Dodson & Horrell Hedgerow Herbs for a Horses Everyday Health, 5 kg, Clear

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The horse evolved as a browsing herbivore, covering a great distance each day whilst nibbling at the variety of grasses and shrubs on the way. Combined, these herbs are rich in flavanoids that act as antioxidants that help to neutralise free radicals and are involved in capillary strength and circulation, helping to support good blood supply. As an added bonus oregano and rosehip have been added for that source of natural antioxidants to help keep your horse happy and healthy. My mini shetland has cushings and I feel these herbs have a great inflammatory action and help her to remain laminitis free along with management of her grass intake . This had to be done using traditional wet chemistry techniques as equipment such as NIR, which relies on a bank of information from previous analyses, clearly wasn’t an option!

This blend of herbs provides some of the natural plants and medicinal herbs that may be lacking from the horses grazing. a. The first issue with feeding a large meal before exercise is that it diverts blood flow from the extremities (i. Whilst not an exhaustive list, horses may enjoy a variety of items including cow parsley, cleavers (sticky weed), hawthorn, hazel, blackberry, rosehips, thistles, nettles, dandelion and willow. b. A second issue is that large meals bind a lot of water which adds to the weight a horse is carrying, again the relatively low intake means that this is not an issue either. It is ideal for horse owners who want to ensure that their horses get all the nutrients they need for optimal health.The supplement is specially crafted to meet the unique nutritional requirements of your horse, ensuring that they stay healthy and active. One group of horses that we are always concerned about feeding extra treats to is those that are laminitis prone. The British Horse Society and the RSPCA have some useful pictorial guides to common poisonous plants.

Not every plant, shrub or weed in the UK is safe for your horse or pony to eat ,so it is very important to identify the correct hedgerow plants for horses and know that you are feeding your horse safely. Modern day paddocks often do not give access to the selection of herbs and plants that horses would naturally seek out. Whilst there has been some debate about the suitability of straw, recent studies are showing it is a useful feed material for good doers if used correctly. For oldies whose teeth don’t quite do as well as they used to, or all horses in the winter, soaking the munch block will see it evolve into a warm, tasty bowl full of delicious goodness, right in front of your eyes!Dodson Horrell Hedgerow Herbs is a blend of natural ingredients to help support your horse in their day to day health. If you subscribe while your item is on special offer then we can't always hold it for long due to our very small margins and often these discounts are passed onto us by the manufacturer for a limited time period. Dodson and Horrell Hedgerow Herbs is a tasty, nutritional blend of nettle, oregano, mint, thyme, rosehips, dandelion, and red clover. With so many hedgerow items on offer and with none of them traditionally being used as part of the horse’s normal forage ration, we wanted to explore their nutritional value. Goats do not exhibit the same intolerance to copper as sheep but are not in turn as tolerant as horses and cows at handling excess.

Adding one or two to the daily diet will not cause digestive upset, in fact being based on fibre, adding Munch to the diet only adds more of what a horse is naturally designed to digest. Looking at the table above, Sticky Weed provides the highest combined WSC and starch levels of the hedgerow items tested.However, as pastures have evolved over the years, many of these beneficial plants have become less accessible. Any modification made by the purchaser to the product or any repairs other than by an authorised agent. For good do-ers and those with insulin dysregulation, straw is a great source of forage that can mixed with the usual forage ration to encourage foraging behaviour without supplying too many additional calories or too much extra sugar. However if Munch is accidentally over-fed, four blocks would equal a super-dose of the various vitamins and minerals, but not at levels that will cause harm. The nutritional benefits of herbs have been well documented for many years and in their natural environment horses would have selected specific plants to help them maintain their health and well-being.