Products and Solutions for Equine Gut Health

Is Your Horse Under-Performing? Experiencing Behavior Changes? Leaky Gut May Be to Blame.

Leaky Gut Syndrome occurs when the lining of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is compromised, allowing harmful pathogens or toxins to cross the intestinal barrier and be absorbed into the bloodstream. A "leak" into the bloodstream will cause intestinal inflammation, resulting in various systemic problems for your horse. These leaks often start slowly, but with time can result in a wide variety of health and performance issues you see every day in your horse:

• Change in behavior or personality
• Not performing at previous or expected level
• Weight loss
• Chronic or recurrent colic
• Laminitis
• And more

What's Causing Leaky Gut?

Common environmental and situational stressors – ranging from pathogens and parasites to hay changes and trailering – can all lead to LGS. Stress can result in damage to the tight junctions of the intestinal lining that are an important barrier between toxic intestinal contents and the bloodstream.

GI issues are the second-leading cause of death in horses

Preventing Leaky Gut

The best way to prevent LGS or help to heal a leaky gut is through good nutrition and attention to gut health. Feeding nutrients that support gut health will help mitigate the everyday "slow leak" and improve your horse's health and wellbeing.

Kemin has been a proactive leader within the gut health industry. But using decades of scientific research, thorough testing and customer feedback, Kemin created a product platform to help equine owners fight gut health battles. 

• ButiPEARL^® Z EQ: A combined organic acid and nutrient that promotes intestinal barrier strength
• CLOSTAT^®: Contains PB6, a naturally-occurring probiotic that inhibits pathogen growth and restores microbial balance
• Aleta^™: A 1,3-beta glucan that supports immune function

Resources

KEMTalks

As an industry, we know that leaky gut is the most impactful problem veterinarians and horse owners face. Kemin seeks to better understand the factors contributing to leaky gut by collaborating with experts from the science and research communities. Through the KEMTalk Webinar Series, we explored and shared new, cutting-edge research that has the potential to impact equine leaky gut in your stables, and around the world.

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