The Laminitis Trust Feed Approval

Recent research has given us more insight into how to manage horses affected by or vulnerable to laminitis.

The laminitis trust feed approval.

A the laminitis trust has established an approval mark for horse feeds after consultation with the veterinary medicines directorate. Laminitis trust approval mark for horse feeds b. If your feed does not carry this logo it is not approved by the laminitis trust. 1 5 2 bodyweight hay depending on whether weight loss is needed 1 5 or not 2 so 7 5 10 kg for a 500 kg horse 3 75 5 kg for a 250 kg pony soaked for at least 1 hour then drained to reduce sugars or analysed to show combined sugar starch no more than 10.

Dengie have four products approved by the laminitis trust including hi fi lite healthy hooves molasses free hi fi molasses freeand alfa a molasses free. Emergency diet for a horse with endocrine laminitis feed. If weight gain is required oil can be added at up to 100mls per 100kg of bodyweight per day to provide additional energy calories. Dengie have many other low sugar and starch feeds within the range that are additionally appropriate for the laminitis prone individual to aid with managing laminitis risk.

Laminitis trust feed approval mark. Please click on the boxes below which may be of interest. Approval will be given to feeds which reach certain standards. The first reason the trust does not recommend feeding haylage further evidence to follow.

Consider choosing feeds approved by the laminitis trust but remember that these are not the only suitable options. The purpose of the laminitis trust is to raise money for laminitis research. Lastly without the support of their customers who buy laminitis trust approved feeds for their animals the trust would not have been able to provide these substantial research grants and eventually avoid the need for a trust. I do not recommend the feeding of haylage to horses and ponies even so called high fibre haylage.

Explaining laminitis and its prevention robert a eustace bvsc cert eo cert ep frcvs the laminitis clinic mead house dauntsey chippenham wilts. We have tried to provide you with helpful information if you have a horse or pony suffering from laminitis. Hay feed approx.