Equine Colic and Direct-fed Microbial Products Colic.
The five-letter word that all horse owners fear. Many horses experience colic of various degrees at some point in their lives. Understanding colic and your horse’s susceptibility can lead to a management program to reduce the incidence or severity of colic. However, colic may occur due to many reasons and no horse should be considered “safe” from colic. Research studies are attempting to determine the exact causes of colic; however, the answers seem to be evasive. . All breeds of horses are susceptible to colic, and gender does not influence the likelihood of colic. Parasite infection, soil consumption, dehydration and electrolyte imbalance, strenuous exercise, or shifts from heavy exercise to no exercise are among the many situations pre-disposing a horse to colic. Changes in a horse’s day-to-day activities or schedule alter the body’s metabolism and digestive tract function. A steady, constant environment and schedule is the healthiest for your horse. Over-feeding of grain, or even high-concentrate consumption, is cited as the most frequent cause of colic. A confounding factor is that horses fed large amounts of grain are generally undergoing intense training or performance events. However, the greater the grain content of the diet, the greater the risk of colic. Starch from grain and any dietary fat needs to be digested and absorbed in the small intestine. Enzymes breakdown starch into its building block units of glucose, which in turn are absorbed by the horse. Unfortunately, the limited amount of starch-digesting enzymes secreted by horses may be overwhelmed when high levels of concentrates are fed. Undigested starch flow from the small intestine to the forage fermentation vat, known as the large intestine. Starch fermentation changes the microbial balance and pH of the large intestine. Many researchers and horse people cite excessive digestion of starch in the large intestine as the greatest cause of colic. The equine digestive tract features a large intestine design to ferment and utilize grazed forages and hay. Enhancing the microbial population and environment of the large intestine would increase the extraction of energy from forages consumed by the horse. Horses with high-energy requirements should be fed prime-quality hay and then fed a concentrate to fill the energy deficit.

FELINE PRODUCTS FASTRACK ADULT CAT SUPPLEMENT
FASTRACK SENIOR CAT SUPPLEMENT
FASTRACK FELINE MICROBIAL SUPPLEMENT
FASTRACK GEL – NONRUMINANT
FASTRACK SENIOR CAT PACK
CANINE PRODUCTS FASTRACK ADULT DOG SUPPLEMENT
FASTRACK SENIOR DOG SUPPLEMENT
FASTRACK CANINE MICROBIAL SUPPLEMENT
FASTRACK CANINE GEL
FASTRACK CANINE TREATS
FASTRACK PUPPY PACK
FASTRACK SENIOR DOG PACK
EQUINE PRODUCTS FASTRACK EQUINE GEL
FASTRACK EQUINE MICROBIAL PACK
FASTRACK FORTIFIER
GENERAL LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS FASTRACK GEL – NONRUMINANT
FASTRACK GEL – RUMINANT
FASTRACK JUMP START GEL
FASTRACK CALF BOLUS
FASTRACK RUMINANT BOLUS
FASTRACK KICK-OFF
FASTRACK LIQUID DISPERSIBLE-P (Poultry) FASTRACK LIQUID DISPERSIBLE POWDER
FASTRACK MICROBIAL PACK
INHIBODOR ANIMAL WASTE TREATMENT