When gut health matters, ride with the leader
Every equestrian knows that when their horse’s gut is good, life is good. Yet every day horses face numerous stressors, and the gut is ground zero for this stress. Daily management practices like too much stall time, heavy workouts, transport, and feed changes all contribute to incremental stress on the gut that over time can add up to big problems.
The horse’s gut is the engine at the center of everything, and engines need quality fuel to perform. TruEquine™ is a postbiotic that delivers fuel in the form of metabolites to the gut, helping to manage gut stress by promoting immune strength and digestive health.
Horse Health Starts with the gut
A horse’s digestive system is unique, as majority of the work happens in the hindgut. The hindgut breaks down fibrous materials such as hay and grass via fermentation – it’s why they are often referred to as “hindgut fermenters”. Through fermentation, gut microbes break down feed material to create metabolites like amino acids, vitamins, and short chain fatty acids that are then absorbed by the bloodstream for energy and other functions. When stressed, the gut microbiome can become unbalanced, which may result in inconsistent metabolite delivery.
TruEquine helps boost hindgut performance by bypassing the biological fermentation step to consistently deliver the right combination of metabolites directly to the gut.
Give the hindgut a boost
A horse’s digestive system is unique, as majority of the work happens in the hindgut. The hindgut breaks down fibrous materials such as hay and grass via fermentation – it’s why they are often referred to as “hindgut fermenters”. Through fermentation, gut microbes break down feed material to create metabolites like amino acids, vitamins, and short chain fatty acids that are then absorbed by the bloodstream for energy and other functions. When stressed, the gut microbiome can become unbalanced, which may result in inconsistent metabolite delivery.
TruEquine helps boost hindgut performance by bypassing the biological fermentation step to consistently deliver the right combination of metabolites directly to the gut.
NOURISH THE GUT MICROBIOME
Within the gut lives a complex community of microbial populations called the gut microbiome. The microbes living within these communities help ferment complex fibers in a horse’s diet. Each horse has a unique microbiome “fingerprint” based on many factors including diet, activity level, age, exposure to antibiotics or disease.
In a non-stressed state, there is usually a harmonious balance between beneficial and harmful microbes. When stressed, the gut microbiome can become unbalanced with potential reductions in favorable microbes. It can take weeks or even months to restore the gut microbiome back to a balanced state.
When offered at the recommended feeding level, TruEquine delivers hundreds of metabolites to the hindgut where they can get to work to nurture beneficial microbial populations within the gut microbiome. With the hindgut in balance, flourishing microbial populations can better convert what the horse eats into nutrients.
POSTBIOTICS EXPLAINED
Postbiotics have been safely used in animal feeds for decades and they are increasingly being used within equine feeds and supplements because they offer an efficient path for metabolites to reach the horse’s gut.
Metabolites are the substances produced when gut bacteria (probiotics) digest/ferment their food (prebiotics). Examples of metabolites include amino acids, vitamins, and short chain fatty acids. Once absorbed by the gut, metabolites drive many functions, including energy conversion.
Including TruEquine postbiotics daily within feed or supplements helps ensure that horses consistently receive the right combination of metabolites needed for optimal gut function.