Blogs

Toxins are ubiquitous in the equine environment. As horse owners, we’re on high alert regarding additives and chemicals that cause immediate toxicity (i.e. ionophores). However, despite an increasingly robust scientific record we tend to ignore the information related to the cascade of long-term ...

Lego, an adorable Mustang adopted from the wild.  Location, location, location! There is no good location for a sarcoid, but as far as “bad” locations go, the mouth and muzzle have to be ranked in the top five. You can buy topical treatments that burn sarcoids off but the application of that kind...

This is an example of why we wish the veterinary community would pay a little more attention to some of the alternative, science-backed therapies that are available for horses with sarcoidosis and consider utilizing them as adjunct therapies to potentially reduce recovery time and improve surgica...

A 2019 episode of Shankar Vedantam’s Hidden Brain featured Cailin O’Connor, a professor at UC-Irvine who studies how social networks shape our core beliefs. Ms. O’Connor explains how social trust is at the heart of how people form their beliefs, and that few of our beliefs actually rely on direc...

Hello, fellow horse owners, gardeners, and aspiring sainfoin farmers! This is Charles from StableFeed writing here. Today, I’d like to talk about an exciting and lesser-known crop that could bring a new colour spectrum to our agricultural landscape: sainfoin. Now, before you start wondering what ...

Active Ingredients: Chia, Carrot, Wheat Grass Active Properties:  2,100 iU of natural beta-carotene (which horses convert to Vitamin A), Additional Nutrient Components: Wheat Grass is high in Vitamins A, C and E, and provides iron, calcium and magnesium.  It also has 17 amino acids, including 8 o...

Active Ingredients: Chia, papaya, aloe vera and alkalizing greens Active Properties: Papain, Pectin, Fiber HEALTH BENEFITS The high pectin plus the action of the papain aide in the digestion of protein Papain breaks down proteins and stimulates salivation to aid digestion and help decrease insta...

Active Ingredients: Chia, Prickly Pear Cactus pads and Prickly Pear nectar  Active Properties: Flavonoids, Betacyanins, Polyphonls, glycosides, and manganese HEALTH BENEFITS Supports a normal anti-inflammatory response by helping maintain circulating blood glucose levels within normal ranges Ass...