NAF GastriAid for a Gutsy Horse

The horses gut and digestive tract is huge and ensuring they are kept in the best of health requires a healthy gut. NAF have a range of supplements to help your horse perform at their best.

That GUTSY feeling..

Can your horses gut adapt to daily influences? There are so many factors in our day to day life which can stress the gut and have a negative effect on health and performance. Factors include:-

• Workload / Exercise
• Type / Condition
• Height / Age
• Weather conditions / Geographical area
• Travelling
• Pre-disposed ailments and conditions
• Medicine / Drugs
• Diet

The Gastrointestinal tract

Total gut health begins in the mouth. The horse produces around 10-12 litres of saliva a day which is largely bicarbonate and therefore working to help neutralise the acidic environment which dominates the stomach.

There are many different ways dietary input can help care for exposure to the stomachs acidic content, in particular elling agents* to support the delicate stomach linings durability. Strengthening the fibre mat helps to retain the acid in the glandular region and ensure the divide into the non-glandular region is well maintained.

The extensive route through the small intestine takes up nutrients into the bloodstream and feeding supplements targeting wall strength and elasticity helps to keep the passageway clean and efficient.  Once the foodstuff has passed through the small intestine it arrives in possibly the most interesting part of the gut – the hindgut. Here the gastrointestinal microbiota has to be balanced in order to process foodstuff effectively, the microbiota itself is made up of bacterial populations which have to be stabilised by a good routine, diet and management systems to safeguard against forms of stress that may impact gut health.

Gut Health Innovation

It has been proven that feeding biotics help enhance the efficiency of the hindgut and new research has led to the development of a new biotic and NAF to launch their new compound NAF Five Star BioG.

The initial starting point when looking at biotics has to be prebiotics, these help to stimulate the growth of the existing good bacteria.  The good bacteria itself can be delivered into the system in the form of a probiotic, this is a live strain to add to the bacterial population itself and help to stimulate growth of healthy bacterial populations.  Then, you have the new addition into the equine diet, the postbiotic.  These provide additional fuel for the probiotics, supporting their growth and helping to reinforce the immune system, keeping the bad bacteria under control.  Together these elements form NAF Five Star BioG, the new addition to the gut health range providing total gut health and delivering Five Star Treatment thanks to NAF Five Star GastriAid.

Why Feed NAF Five Star GastriAid

Target digestion from the point of ingestion with Five Star GastriAid and get your gutsy horse back to form.  Promoting correct gut function and gut integrity from foregut to hindgut, providing each individual with a happy, healthy tummy.  NAF Five Star GastriAid delivers Five Star Treatment and is designed to be fed daily to ALL individuals for total gut health to underpin the day to day exposure to stress and help maximise digestive processes.

*To directly target the stomach environment, please take a look at NAF Five Star GastriVet.

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