The Horse Herbalist

Wheat Intolerance

Does your horse Tie – up, as in Equine Polysaccharide Myopathy, EPSM.

FYI

With each and every horse we have hair tested and treated over the last twenty odd years, who have presented with tying up problems, the one common factor they have all shared is their intolerance to wheat. That’s right folks, not oats, not corn but wheat.

OR

Does your horse have:

Behavioural problems, poor performance, failure to thrive, nervousness, grumpy, cranky or mad….

Any of the above problems may be caused by the wheat you are feeding your horse.

Australia is a huge wheat growing country, consequently wheat or wheat by products tend to be present in almost all premix feeds on the market.

If your horse is suffering from any of the above, try taking ALL wheat ( this includes bran, millrun, pollard and maltodextrin) out of the diet completely for three to six weeks.

If your horse is wheat intolerant you can expect to see positive changes, sometimes within days, definitely within four weeks, dependent on the individual.

NB: Horses who are wheat intolerant will be negatively affected by even a tiny amount.

Any PhD students doing a thesis on EPSM or Equine nutrition, please feel free to contact us. AD