A well-fed horse is first and foremost a horse with a microbiota that is “at its best”.
How can the food given to your horse act on what some scientists today call the “second brain”?
All scientific studies on the subject show the importance of microbiota in the good health of our horses, whether they are breeding or sport horses.
It is composed of a multitude of micro-organisms that in horses, as herbivorous species, are mainly dedicated to the degradation of fibers that constitute the major part of their food intake.
The development of the horse’s microbiota can be encouraged by a well thought-out approach to food intake:
Favoring the daily intake of forage and compound feed with a large number of raw materials to promote variability in the development of microorganisms.
Once this feed is in place, it is advisable to favor the distribution of identical meals in quantity and quality, in other words, in the case of daily rations composed of cereals and elaborated feed, it is necessary to avoid distributing cereals in the morning and pellets in the evening. Distributing a mixture of both will help maintain a diversified flora and a better health of your horse’s digestive system.
Finally, to be complete, in the event of a change in your horse’s diet (change of feed or return from prolonged grazing), a dietary transition should be implemented over a period of ten days to allow for the smooth introduction of new micro-organisms and to avoid the gastric disorders that may result.
THE CONTRIBUTION OF ESSENTIAL M.O.S IN THE FOOD OR IN FOOD SUPPLEMENT HORSE
We can also boost it by adding M.O.S. (mannan oligo saccharide), which can be found in certain feeds or in feed supplements. These M.O.S. are derived from extracts of specific yeast strains selected for their beneficial effect on the microbiota.
Their main action is to act as a food substrate for the micro-organisms of the micro-biota, which will allow them to develop in greater numbers and thus amplify their action on the digestion of fibers.
Then we talk about M.O.S as a bio-regulator of the intestinal flora, to explain simply by increasing the concentration of M.O.S via the food it allows the M.O.S which have the structural capacity to fix themselves on the pathogenic bacteria of the micro-biota and thus prevent them from fixing themselves on the intestinal walls and thus to be eliminated via the droppings without having been able to develop themselves This phenomenon can be summarized in the diagram below:
M.O.S: AN EXCELLENT PROBIOTIC FOR YOUR HORSE
This phenomenon leads to a strengthening of the beneficial flora (bifido-bacteria and lactobacilli) which secures the digestive transit in the horse.
It also indirectly results in a more active immune system by stimulating immunoglobulins (antibodies) in the blood and studies have shown that this increased immunity in pregnant mares was passed on to the foals via a better quality colostrum.
It is for all these reasons that Royal Horse (www.royal-horse.com ) supplements all its formulas with M.O.S for the well-being and the gastric comfort of your horses.
