Dengie-Healthy Hooves Molasses-Free 20kg ***£18.99*** COLLECT IN PERSON FOR THIS SPECIAL ONLINE DEAL !!!

Description

A complete low-calorie, high-fibre feed for leisure horses and ponies, containing essential nutrients for healthy hooves.
Healthy Hooves Molasses Free is approved by The Laminitis Trust.
Healthy Hooves Molasses Free is a new tasty twist on an old favourite, with just one thing missing ? the added sugar! It?s still a complete feed with no need for any extras, packed with essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals to help keep horses and ponies looking and feeling fabulous, and their feet in great condition.
The latest addition to the Dengie range ? with a splash of rape seed oil added to replace the molasses ? has been developed following requests for a molasses-free feed from customers. ?Levels of key nutrients such as biotin are just the same, as we know they work,? says technical manager Katie Williams, who is responsible for creating this low-calorie formulation.
Healthy Hooves Molasses Free contains just 2.5 per cent sugar, which is found naturally in the fibrous ingredients. ?Even straw and alfalfa contain some sugar ? feed is rarely, if ever, sugar-free,? Katie adds.
Starch levels are also extremely low, at just 1.5 per cent, because the feed is completely free from cereals or grains, which are the main source of starch in mixes and cubes. These low levels of sugar and starch ? less than any other complete fibre feed on the market ? make Healthy Hooves Molasses Free the safest option today for horses and ponies that are prone to laminitis.
Proven Nutrients for healthy Hooves Molasses Free
Several studies have been conducted into how much biotin a horse requires. A study published in the Equine Vet Journal (1992), found that greater growth rates and hardness of hooves was achieved at a daily feeding rate of 15mg of biotin than at 7.5mg in horses diets. The level of biotin included in Dengie Healthy Hooves Molasses Free has been formulated accordingly and thus when fed at the recommended rates will provide a 500kg horse with 15mg of biotin per day.
Research published in the Vet Record (1987) demonstrated that alfalfa increases the quality and quantity of horn growth which was attributed to the highly available calcium and essential amino acids found naturally in alfalfa.
B vitamins have a wide range of functions within the horse?s digestive system including energy metabolism and growth and development. Healthy Hooves was the first chopped fibre feed on the market with a full range of all these important nutrients.