On today’s show we talk with our good friend Lizzy Meyer on how she and her pets coped with the Texas polar vortex, the breed of the show is the Red Panda, in Critter Nutrition we focus on hindgut health in horses, and in Coffee Klatch we share a Twitter feed called Thoughts of Dog.
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Guests and Links for Episode 130:
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- Link to Sound File for Sight Impaired: Click Here
- Co-Hosts: Tigger Montague from BiostarUS and Pati Pierucci from from Pierucci Dressage
- Guest: Lizzy Meyer
- Learn more about Hindgut Health in Horses & Butyric Acid
- Thoughts of Dog on Twitter
- Guest: Hedwig
Co-host Tigger Montague outlines some of the importance of hindgut health in horses:
“An estimated 65% of all performance and sport horses experience hindgut ulcers. Stress (including environmental, training, and transport stress), nutrition, and over-use of Omeprazole and NSAIDs are risk factors in the development of colonic ulcers in horses.
Horses are hindgut fermenters. The intestinal contents of food are mixed and fermented in the large colon with the help of microbes, water, electrolytes, and short-chain fatty acids. The short-chain fatty acids are: acetate, propionate, and butyrate.
The walls of the large colon control what’s allowed to cross from the GI tract into the body and bloodstream. When that barrier is damaged or compromised, harmful substances gain access across the intestinal barrier. This can cause systemic health challenges…”
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