Re: Syndrome X/Laminitis/Horses/Founder guard/OZ therapy

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Here's Oz's site for founder guard.

http://www.founderguard.com/

he abx is virginiamycin- given below ther therpeutic level-

I don't have time right now to look up the species it kills- but it's

specific to the fermentation in the hind gut and the die off of other

competeing species.

Behavioural changes in stabled horses given nontherapeutic levels of

virginiamycin.

Equine Vet J. 1998 Mar;30(2):139-43.

KG, Tyrrell J, Rowe JB, Pethick DW.

School of Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia.

Abnormal behaviour commonly develops in intensively managed horses. A

possible cause is the change in diet occurring when the horse is

stabled. An experiment was performed to examine this possibility by

manipulating the diet with the feed supplement virginiamycin, as

Founderguard. During 4 weeks, 18 horses were fed diets ranging from

hay alone to concentrate plus hay in the ratio of 3:1. The rations of

half the horses given concentrate were supplemented with

Founderguard. Horses eating high concentrate rations displayed

abnormal oral behaviours at a higher frequency than those eating only

hay. The incidence of these behaviours was reduced when diets were

supplemented with Founderguard. The drop in faecal pH of animals on

concentrate diets was also reduced by Founderguard. Animals on

concentrate diets had an average of 21 kg less gut fill post mortem.

Dietary supplementation with virginiamycin as Founderguard apparently

lessens some behavioural problems associated with management of

stabled horses and the intake of grain. It may allow concentrate to

be fed at higher levels than customary without adverse behavioural

side effects. The suggested mechanism for the improved behaviour due

to Founderguard supplementation is reduced fermentative acidosis in

the hindgut.

PMID: 9535070 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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> > > Interesting that. One thing that jumped out at me was the

> > accumulation of

> > > fat in the intestine,Inappropriate gut flora promoting the

> laying

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> > > fat ..Now, many with a yeast infection report a paunch..I

wonder

> > > ......anyone else notice an accumulation of fat?..

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> > > [infections] newish Raoult paper on

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