05/13/2025
CORTURE IS THRIVING ON EQUIBREW!
USA HORSES - not sure why you haven’t started using EQUIBREW!! It’s a daily supplement not just a treating supplement!!
WHAT IS EQUIBREW USED FOR?
A customer asked: What is EquiBrew used for? Our reply:
Horses are microbial digesters. They do not digest much themselves and instead rely on the microbes to process feed for them. The microbes get fed first and the horse gets what is left over. This means that pretty much anything that is going on in each day, good or bad, is connected to how well the gut biology is processing and sharing energy and nutrients.
If the horse has a "greedy" gut biology, then no matter how much feed you give it will be tough for the horse to thrive and if it has a "generous" gut biology then the horse will do quite well on a modest simple ration.
All horses are subject to a range of stresses, and we have had quite a few horse owners reporting surprisingly strong results in horses that they thought were already doing quite well. Having noted this, the type of issues commonly reported are:
1. Ulcers, diagnosed or suspected. The gut is supposed to be protected by a protective microbial biofilm. If this breaks down the gut tissue is subject to irritation, inflammation, and ultimately ulceration from mechanical and acid actions. A source of beneficial microbes is needed to rebuild this layer and the lactobacilli in EquiBrew are a key component in this biofilm community.
2. Skin/allergy disorders. These are often associated with an overstimulated and hyper-vigilant immune system. More than 2/3 of the immune system (in horses, cows and humans!) looks inward to the gut. If you reduce the stimulation of the immune system in the gut you will often see a concomitant reduction of symptoms externally.
3. Behavioural issues. Grumpy, girthy, nervous, separation anxiety, spooky, aggressive, etc. These can all be related to a fight or flight response from a pain or discomfort stimulus in the gut. Take away the stimulus and the horse returns to being the nice guy or gal that you once had.
4. Hard keepers. Horses that have difficulty maintaining or improving condition despite an abundant ration (this is often the classic greedy gut biology in action).
5. Elderly horses. The set point of one's gut biology evolves over time becoming more complex and less efficient (less generous) such that a previously thriving horse will turn into a hard keeper.
6. Coat appearance. Even in very well horses we have had many, many reports of improved depth of colour, lustre, and dappling. We have also had reports of horses that held onto winter coats too long shedding these once the EquiBrew is on board.
7. Stress responses. Many horses do not respond well to transport and showing. They go off feed/water and the EquiBrewhas been used successfully to manage these issues. Other stresses such as feed changes (including grass-affected horses in springtime, etc.) increased work, etc. can be helped along with the EquiBrew.
8. There are a range of prophylactic benefits too. Probiotic microbes take up space in the gut environment and help exclude pathogens. Probiotic microbes also encourage shedding mechanisms in the epithelium that can rid the horse of pathogens. We have had many owners report significant reduction in their use of worming products. Those that monitor faecal egg counts have been especially impressed in this area.
We do not want to suggest EquiBrew is a panacea, but as was mentioned above, anything good or bad that is happening today is connected to the function of the horse's gut biology. EquiBrew is an excellent microbial tool to push this gut biome in a positive direction.
When you ask the scientists that we work with how probiotics work, you will get hours and hours of complex microbiological lectures. When you ask them how to get these benefits, they all say the same thing: "That's simple (but often not easy)! Just make up many, many of the good guys and pour them into the animal!" So, our job is to make them up and the owner’s job is to pour them in.
Start with a loading dose of 250ml a day for a week or so, mixed into feed. This can be split into smaller doses for horses being fed several times a day. Thereafter, a maintenance dose of 100ml is usually sufficient but depending on the horse and on the stresses involved, doses can vary and observing each individual is the best way to make these decisions.
You cannot really overdose a horse…we have had enthusiastic horses knock over full bottles and slurp them up with only benefits noted.
There is NOTHING in EquiBrew that will cause a problem for blood/urine testing in competitive horses (race, show, etc).
EquiBrew can be used in all horses at all stages of development including foals (50ml 1-2 times daily) and pregnant/lactating mares.
The sugars used in manufacture are fully consumed by the microbes and the EquiBrew is safe (beneficial, actually) to use in sugar affected horses.
The "Research" page on our website:(http://biobrew.net.nz/Research)
has lots of information that you may find interesting, including a detailed scientific rationale for the way we make our products and reports on many equine case study groups.
EquiBrew is the ONLY fresh, live, and active liquid probiotic with microbial viability guaranteed throughout the entire shelf life period.
Please feel free to give us a call to discuss the above or any specifics regarding the horses in your care.
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