Alltech Helping Horse Owners Face Economic Challenges

Newsdate: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 - 10:45 am
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In the current economic climate, horse owners need to do more with less. Since feed constitutes the largest cost factor for any animal, it is important that the use of available ingredients is maximized. Feed efficiency should therefore be considered a significant factor in feeding horses.

Economic challenges of horse ownership

Economic challenges of horse ownership

Since feed constitutes the largest cost factor for any animal, it is important that the use of available ingredients is maximized.

With products such as LIFEFORCE, an all-natural daily nutritional supplement containing five cutting-edge ingredients Alltech's holistic approach to horse health benefits all horses, from the early developmental stages as a foal, through the demands of competition, and well into retirement. It ensures healthy hindgut fermentation, enabling your horse to extract the maximum nutrients from all feed sources.

As a global leader in the animal health and nutrition industry, Alltech is among the top ten animal health companies in the world, focused on natural scientific solutions to today's biggest agriculture and food industry challenges.

The Alltech Equine Advantage is a program that consists of natural, nutritional solutions tailored to address challenges impacting horse health and performance. It encompasses all of Alltech’s efforts to ensure customer satisfaction from the quality of their products to their educational workshops to their cutting edge research.

Through research and fine-tuning of the horse’s genetic performance,  a nutritional solution, such as nutrigenomics, which evaluates the impact of nutrition on key genes, can be central to improving animal health and performance. Antioxidant levels in the mare’s colostrum, fertility, coat, body, muscular and hoof condition, and immune status may all be influenced by the level of nutrients in the diet as well as the timing of their delivery.

With the goal of producing safe, consistent and quality horse feeds that exceed the consumer’s expectations, Alltech helps horse owners feed their horses economically while sustaining the best possible physical condition.

About the Author

Flossie Sellers

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As an animal lover since childhood, Flossie was delighted when Mark, the CEO and developer of EquiMed asked her to join his team of contributors.

She enrolled in My Horse University at Michigan State and completed a number of courses in everything related to horse health, nutrition, diseases and conditions, medications, hoof and dental care, barn safety, and first aid.

Staying up-to-date on the latest developments in horse care and equine health is now a habit, and she enjoys sharing a wealth of information with horse owners everywhere.

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