Thankyou Oberon, and the makers of Pro Hoof!

[criso]

Pro Hoof has yea sacc in, as criso says. Yea sacc is the live version of brewer's yeast, however they do not, as far as I'm aware, fulfil the same function. The yeast in brewer's yeast is dead, therefore although it is a good source of B vitamins and some trace minerals, it doesn't have the same gut calming effect as yea sacc, so I'm a little puzzled as to why it was recommended for colic. There should be no problem with feeding them side by side, though, so if it's worked so far... My guess would be that you wouldn't need it, but if you don't want to risk it then just keep feeding it.

They both contain saccharomyces cerevisiae and I understood that it was helpful in both forms.

I feed Brewers's Yeast for gut calming properties I know with mine it makes a massive difference to him as he goes footy if I stop.

However I would feed Yea sacc instead if I couldn't source it or he wouldn't eat it in that form, I just like the fact it is economical and I am also adding B vits.

 

[cptrayes]

I agree with Criso, my horses go footie without either BY or yea-sacc, I think that they have the same calming effect on the gut, but you only need 15g of yea-sacc against 50g of by, and it is much more consistent in palatability.

 

[Sugar_and_Spice]

Ladyinred you asked why there's more laminitis these days. As well as the other things people already said, I blame wormers and veterinary care. In the past there wasn't much to be done for laminitis, they either recovered if taken off grass or were PTS. There wasn't all these managed laminitics that have repeated attacks I don't think. With wormers being invented and used routinely I expect horses used their food better and got laminitis if it wasn't cut down. Worms cause weight loss, they also damage the gut so food isn't absorbed properly. And they cause colic so horses die before they get old enough to have age related metabolic issues. Before, oldies were mostly thin and people struggled to keep weight on them (due to a lifetime of worm damage?) and lots got PTS for this reason. Now, oldies are often overweight.

 

[tallyho!]

Sugar and Spice I do believe you're right!

I mean it's great that horses are living longer but are certainly costing owners the earth