Name: Gut Balancer 400g & Gut Sponge 1.5kg
Brand: Protexin Equine Premium
SKU: 14922573
Price: 47.18 GBP
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Description

Gut Balancer

Gut Balancer supports optimal nutrition by providing key nutrients, and by improving digestive function and efficiency. Gut Balancer contains a palatable probiotic and unique dual source prebiotics, specifically designed for horses and ponies. Use daily for general wellbeing.

The probiotic Saccharomyces cerevisiae contains numerous essential amino acids, vitamins, including vitamin B6, and important minerals. S. cerevisiae promotes fibre digestion, maximising dietary potential through the release of safe calories from fibre, ensuring optimum nutrition.

Gut Sponge

Gut Sponge is a palatable, peppermint flavoured, nutritional supplement formulated to support hind gut health and encourage the formation of normal droppings.

Gut Sponge contains psyllium husks, a prebiotic and valuable energy source for the horse due to its fermentation by the microbiota. This provides safe calories, promotes the growth of friendly bacteria and nourishes the gut lining cells. The high fibre psyllium husks absorb water in the gut, coating and protecting the gut lining and helping the production of normal droppings. This is enhanced by the high level of Bentonite - a natural binding agent - and source of essential minerals. Linseed is a nutritious source of omega 3 and 6 fatty acids, which supports gut health and general well-being.

All Protexin Equine Premium supplements are complementary feeds - designed to provide nutrition, as well as support digestive function and efficiency.

BETA NOPS and Clean Sport

ADM Protexin are proud to be members of BETA and are NOPS accredited. All ingredients in our products are selected to ensure they are fully compliant with the FEI guidelines for Clean Sport. You can be confident when you buy a Protexin Equine Premium product for your horse you are getting the highest quality, natural products backed by effective science.

Bundle includes:

1 x Gut Balancer 700g
1 x Gut Sponge 1.5kg

Directions

Gut Balancer

Normal use: 10g (1 level measure) added to the daily food

Stress use: 20g (2 level measures) added to the daily food

Gut Sponge

50g (1 level measure) mixed with feed twice daily for 7-14 days. Then once daily as required or as recommended by your veterinary surgeon. Dampen feed with water prior to feeding.

Gut Sponge can be used in conjunction with Gut Balancer for probiotic support.

Unless under veterinary supervision do not exceed recommended levels, or feed with other products containing bentonite. Simultaneous use alongside oral macrolides should be avoided.

Ingredients

Gut Balancer

Additives:
Digestibility Enhancers
Protexin probiotic
Saccharomyces cerevisiae (CNCM I-4407) 4b1702
1 x 10¹² CFU/kg; 1 x 10⁹ CFU/g

Technological Additives:
Preplex® prebiotic - Acacia (Gum arabic)

Composition:
Alfalfa meal, Preplex® prebiotic (Fructo-oligosaccharide), Brewers' yeast

Gut Sponge

Additives:
Technological Additives
1m558i Bentonite (bentonite-montmorillonite) (566g/kg)

Sensory Additives
Peppermint flavouring (15g/kg)

Composition:
Psyllium husk (20%), Linseed

Key Ingredients:
Psyllium husks: high fibre seed husks containing a type of gelling agent which absorb water in the gut, helping the production of normal droppings
Bentonite: a natural binding agent
Linseed: high in omega 3 and 6 fatty acids

Frequently Asked Questions

Can Gut Balancer be given to horses long term?
Gut Balancer is designed to be given daily, for the life of the horse where necessary. The horse's gastrointestinal system is influenced by many different factors throughout its life and is constantly changing. Therefore any horse at any age can benefit from the support provided by Gut Balancer.

Can Gut Sponge be used alongside Gut Balancer?
Yes. Both Gut Sponge and Gut Balancer support hind gut health, but by different mechanisms. The addition of Gut Balancer provides probiotic and additional prebiotic support. They can be fed together, but when you're feeding Gut Sponge once daily it's best to feed Gut Balancer at the opposite end of the day.

Can Gut Sponge be used with Gut Bind?
Whilst it would be safe to feed both products together, Gut Sponge and Gut Bind support gut health in a similar way. It would be better to feed Gut Balancer alongside Gut Sponge to provide additional probiotic and prebiotic support.

Can Gut Sponge be used alongside other Protexin products?
Yes. It is safe to feed Gut Sponge alongside all other Protexin products. For more information on Gut Balancer and Gut Bind see above; for other products, or to ask a specific question about your horse please get in touch with our technical team.

What is a macrolide?
Macrolides are a class of antibiotics, including erythromycin, clarithromycin and others. Smectite clays are known to bind macrolides and stop them from working. It is therefore not recommended to use Gut Sponge alongside oral macrolides. However, macrolides are very rarely used in horses - except when treating Rhodococcus equi infection in foals. If you have any doubts, please speak to your vet.

For more information on Gut Balancer, Gut Sponge and other Equine Premium products please take a look at our FAQs or reach out to our friendly team of advisors here.