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LaminShield and LaminShield Pure for Laminitis
LaminShield products provide a safe, palatable and easy way to provide supplementary magnesium to horses, ponies and donkeys.
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| LaminShield - for the treatment of Laminitis in horses |
LaminShield lick and LaminShield Pure products provide a highly bioavailable 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.
Honey flavouring has been added to increase palatability for fussy eaters. Recent palatability studies have shown honey flavouring to be very popular with horses.
MANY RESPECTED SOURCES ACCEPT THAT THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN MAGNESIUM AND LAMINITIS.
Information Update for Horse owners
MAGNESIUM MANAGEMENT IN 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).
Magnesium dependant reactions in the horse’s body include:
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.
Protein synthesis in the body – Protection, growth and repair of tissues including hoof tissue
Maintaining normal blood circulation – To the body, limbs and feet and an aid to preventing blood clots in the blood vessels
The function of excitable membranes – Nerve tissues, deficient in magnesium, can cease to function normally causing animals to become tense, nervous and highly-strung.
If the magnesium intake or magnesium status of a horse is lower than required there may be detrimental effects on the horse’s overall well-being.
When is magnesium supplementation necessary?
There are a number of reasons why magnesium intake or status may be low:
Type of diet and management – High levels of concentrate in the diet or out at grass all year
Time of the year – During wet periods and in the Spring and September with periods of grass growth
Environmental conditions – Acidic and marshy soils
Health status and body condition – Overweight horses and ponies and animals prone to laminitis have a lower magnesium status
Breed – Native breeds tend to have a lower magnesium status
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 the maintenance 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.
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