Care & Gain

Caring For Your Underweight Equine

Care & Gain is a high calorie feed suitable for those prone to laminitis. Care & Gain is ideal for poor doers who need to gain weight or those requiring higher energy levels, whilst keeping starch and sugar levels low.

Product description

Care & Gain contains high quality protein sources to support muscle maintenance in older horses and ponies, alongside elevated vitamins C and E to support the body’s immune system, antioxidant capacity and muscle function. Calories are provided from easily digestible fibre and oil sources, allowing controlled weight gain whilst supporting normal metabolic function. 

Care & Gain is highly palatable containing mint, fenugreek, seaweed, dandelion and nettle to tempt even the fussiest of feeders-in fact during our trial 100% of participants licked their bowls clean! A probiotic, prebiotic and postbiotic are included to aid the fibre fermentation process and support a healthy digestive system.

Suitable for

  • Horses and ponies at rest to medium work
  • Underweight horses and ponies prone to laminitis
  • Horses and ponies requiring a low starch & sugar diet and high energy levels
  • Poor Doers who need a high calorie feed
  • Horses and ponies struggling to chew due to worn or missing teeth
  • Horses and ponies with intolerances to barley, molasses, alfalfa

Key features

  •  Less than 10% combined starch & sugar
  • Suitable for those prone to laminitis
  • A high calorie feed made with oil & fibre to support weight gain
  • High in quality protein to support muscle maintenance in older equines
  • Contains a probiotic, a blend of prebiotics and a postbiotic for healthy digestion
  • Highly Palatable - Contains a blend of herbs including mint & fenugreek
  • Quick soak- Soaks in under 3 minutes!
  • Fully balanced - providing all essential vitamins and minerals with so no need to supplement*

  * When fed at the recommended levels for bodyweight and workload

Ingredients

Composition:
Oat Straw Pellets, Molasses Free Beet Pulp, Linseed Expeller, Field Beans (Fava), Pea Protein, Rapeseed Oil, Di-calcium Phosphate, Salt, Calcium Carbonate, Mint, Fenugreek, Seaweed, Yeast Products, Mannan-oligosaccharides, Fructo-oligosaccharides, Nettle, Dandelion, Inulin

Additives per kg:

Vitamins:

Vitamin A (3a672a) 10k iu; Vitamin D3 (3a671) 1.5k iu; Vitamin E (3a700) 350mg; Vitamin C (3a312) 250mg

Trace elements:

Iron: 45mg (Iron (II) Sulphate Monohydrate) (3b103)

Zinc: 70mg (Zinc Oxide) (3b603)

Manganese: 70mg (Manganese (II) Oxide) (3b502)

Iodine: 1mg (Calcium Iodate Anhydrous) (3b202)

Selenium: 0.5mg (Sodium Selenite) (3b801)

Copper: 20mg (Cupric Chelate of Glycine, Hydrate) (3b413)

Zootechnical Additives

Gut Flora Stabilisers: Saccharomyces cerevisiae (NCYC Sc47) 4b1702 1.25×10^10 CFU/kg

Nutritional information

Fibre
22.5%
Protein
12.0%
Starch
4.5%
Sugar
4.5%
Estimated DE
10.75 MJ/kg (DM)
Vitamin A
10,000 IU/kg
Vitamin C
250mg/kg
Vitamin D
1.500 IU/kg
Vitamin E
350mg/kg
Oil
4.5%

Feeding instructions

DO NOT FEED DRY – THIS PRODUCT CONTAINS UNMOLASSED SUGAR BEET AND MUST BE SOAKED FOR UP TO 3 MINUTES BEFORE FEEDING. Introduce a new feed gradually over 7 to 10 days building up to the amounts needed to maintain condition and energy levels (0.5 – 7.75kg depending on size, type, workload and condition). Place feed in a shallow bucket, add three as much water as feed, then stir. Quick soak Wait up to 3 minutes  

IMPORTANT, PLEASE READ Be sure that the pellets have fully soaked and formed a soft mash, then simply feed

 

MAINTENANCE 

WEIGHT GAIN 

WEIGHT 

REST - LIGHT WORK 

MEDIUM WORK+ 

200KG 

0.25-1.0KG 

1.0-2.0KG 

300KG 

0.5-1.5KG 

1.5-2.5KG 

400KG 

0.75-1.75KG 

1.75-3.0KG 

500KG 

1.0-2.0KG 

2.0-3.5KG 

600KG 

1.5-2.5KG 

2.5-4.5KG 

700KG 

2.0-3.0KG 

3.0-6.0KG 

800KG 

2.5-3.5KG 

3.5-7.5KG 

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