Protecting your horse’s gut health is as important to us as it is to you and NAF’s new and improved Five Star GastriAid and Five Star GastriVet offer horses Five Star Treatment for Gut Health and Gutsy Horses.

So, what’s new with NAF Five Star GastriAid and Five Star GastriVet?

Whilst GastriAid and GastriVet have always offered Five Star Treatments for Gut Health, the addition of NAF Five Star BioG provides horses and ponies with even more protection for gut health. Five Star BioG is a unique synergistic complex that works in synergy within NAF’s targeted functional supplements to support your horse’s unique microbiome from fore to hindgut.

These two best selling products for gut health now feature new labels which have been evolved to include diagrammatic explanations. These have been designed to make it clear what each product is for and what the key benefits are.

How do I choose which product is right for my horse or pony

To help you get started with choosing the right product for your horse or pony, we spoke to NAF’s Veterinary Director Dr. Andy Richardson BVSc CertAVP (ESM) MRCVS who put together the following information.

FIVE STAR GASTRIAID

NAF Five Star GastriAid is the must have daily supplement for total gut health. If your horse or pony shows any of the following signs, this is the right supplement for them.

• Poor performance
• Dull coat
• Change in attitude/temperament
• Poor condition
• Reduced appetite
• Loose droppings
• Low grade abdominal discomfort
• Excessive gas production
• Bloating

How will Five Star GastriAid help my horse/pony?

By utilising a unique combination of ingredients designed to target total gut health, the key benefits of Five Star GastriAid are:

• Support the production of saliva, a key natural buffer for optimal stomach pH
• Additional buffers for pH balance in the gut
• Amino acid inclusion to target gut wall integrity, microbiome stability and the gut-brain axis
• Soluble fibre source to aid motility
• Natural clays to help soothe and absorb waste products of digestion
• Unique combination of prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics in our ground breaking NAF Five Star BioG complex to optimise fibre digestion and support the hindgut microbiome

FIVE STAR GASTRIVET

NAF Five Star GastriVet targets the stomach and is clinically proven to soothe and preserve lining integrity. For horses and ponies that have scoped with cause for concern or are presenting with any of the following signs, Five Star GastriVet is the perfect choice.

• Reduced appetite
• Poor performance
• Poor coat quality
• Change in attitude/temperament
• Discomfort when girthed
• Discomfort when mounted/ridden
• Reluctance to train
• Poor body condition
• Excessive lying down
• Low grade abdominal discomfort

Situations that may present a high risk to the stomach lining are as follows:

• Box rest
• Concurrent injury
• Medication
• Periods of stress – such as travel, competition or high intensity exercise

How will Five Star GastriVet help my horse/pony?

Five Star GastriVet has been independently trialled via a rigorous clinical trial that has been peer reviewed and published. Proven to support stomach integrity for all types, the ingredients underpin the overall integrity of the stomach via the following key benefits:

• Gel-forming fibre to help soothe and protect the stomach wall (Pectin)
• Help coat the stomach lining with a plant-based phospholipid that naturally helps to repel stomach acid (Lecithin)
• Compounds that aid the imbalance in pH that can occur in compromised stomachs (Magnesium Hydroxide)
• Complex fibres that contribute to the gastric mat that supports retention of gastric acid in the glandular region of the stomach
• Unique combination of prebiotics, probiotics and postbiotics in our ground breaking NAF BioG complex to optimise fibre digestion and support the hindgut microbiome

Situations that may present a high risk to the stomach lining are as follows:

I’ve seen NAF Five Star BioG mentioned… what is this?

NAF Five Star BioG is our unique combination of:

• Prebiotics: preferential food for the beneficial bacteria, helping them out compete the harmful bacteria
• Probiotics: live yeast that compete with harmful bacteria, stabilise pH and also optimise fibre digestion
• Postbiotics: a new concept in gut health, postbiotics are the products that accumulate when beneficial bacteria digest fibre. By supplementing these directly, it boosts the many benefits that are gained from optimal fibre digestion

The NAF Five Star BioG complex is a combination of pre, pro and postbiotics. It is included in NAF’s Five Star Treatments for Gut Health in recognition of their importance to digestion and the many benefits they have throughout the body.

Written by NAF, taken from their article with the same title.