We Feed Total Equine®, because our herd deserves the best!
Why We Feed and Recommend Total Equine®: It’s like kombucha, a multivitamin, and a personal trainer all rolled into one scoop—for horses. Total Equine® keeps their guts happy, their minds mellow, and their joints moving like it’s still 2007.
At Authentically Rooted Wellness, our horses are more than companions, they’re partners in healing. Many of our herd members are seasoned veterans, retired from careers as competitors and trainers. Now, they offer emotional connections through Equine-Assisted Learning (EAL). To ensure they remain healthy and vibrant in this new chapter, we rely on Total Equine®! This standalone product is a complete, extruded feed scientifically formulated for optimal bioavailability and digestive health.
Unlike traditional feeds, Total Equine® undergoes a unique extrusion process that enhances nutrient digestibility, ensuring horses absorb more of what they consume. This means better utilization of proteins, vitamins, and minerals, leading to improved muscle development, joint health, and overall vitality. The inclusion of chelated trace minerals further boosts absorption rates, setting it apart from standard supplements. Moreover, Total Equine® supports gut health by promoting a balanced microbiome, which is crucial for nutrient absorption, immune function, and mental well-being. A healthy gut contributes to a calmer demeanor and better performance, making it ideal for horses engaged in therapeutic work.
And the best part? For just under $5/day per horse, you can see your return on investment in the form of a happy, healthy, high-performing equine partner, all while saving on hay costs throughout the year!
As a proud Total Equine® distributor serving Central and Northern Saskatchewan, we’re committed to the well being of all horses, whether they’re active competitors, cherished companions, or therapeutic partners.
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An in-depth look at Total Equine®
Alfalfa hay is the main source of fiber in Total Equine®. It is formulated to provide the minimum fiber required by a horse in order to maintain normal gut motility and health. It also contains a small amount of low digestibility roughage to slow fermentation and prevent gas colic. Due to the combination of nutrients and the extrusion process the added low quality roughage and the other roughage fed is more digestible. Many customers have reported 25 – 30% reductions in hay consumption when feeding Total Equine®.
The protein in Total Equine® is derived from alfalfa, grain and natural oil meal. It also contains the added amino acids methionine and lysine, which insures an adequate balance of the essential amino acids required by the horse.
Extruded grain is the major source of energy in Total Equine® The starch availability of the grain is over 90%, which insures the highest possible digestibility. This along with the highly digestible fiber in the alfalfa hay makes the entire ration highly digestible. This reduces the amount of waste produced by the horse.
Minerals are the main building blocks for bones as well as being important for all chemical reactions in the body. Total Equine® contains the major minerals calcium, phosphorus, magnesium and potassium and sodium in the correct levels and ratios for maximum growth, activity and health.
Trace minerals are the catalysts for most chemical reactions in the body and some are important for antioxidant activities. Total Equine® contains levels and ratios of all trace minerals with known requirements and is added at levels above those levels. This insures the horse will not be deficient in any trace mineral even under severe stress or hard work.
Bioavailability of trace minerals is very important in how well an animal can digest and use the minerals in question. Total Equine® is formulated to contain 50% of the Copper, Manganese and Zinc in the form of chelates. This insures maximum digestibility and availability to the horse.
All chemical reactions in the body that produce growth, reproduction, work and even maintenance require a catalyst or several catalysts. This is the main function of B-Vitamins. Total Equine® contains all of the B-Vitamins for which requirements have been established, and they are all formulated at levels to insure higher than minimum requirement levels.
B-Vitamins also function as antioxidants to reduce the rate of cell destruction by pollutants in the environment as well as metabolic byproducts from the ration.
Total Equine® is steam extruded. This process insures maximum digestibility compared to raw, unprocessed or steam pelleted starch. The extruded starch is digested in the small intestine whereas most of raw or pelleted starch is digested in the ceacum and/or large intestine by fermentation. This reduces the possibility of compaction or gas colic, which can be caused by feeding raw or poorly processed starch. Improving the digestibility not only improves starch digestion, but also improves digestion of the fiber and improves bioavailability
of minerals and micronutrients.
Total Equine® is formulated with a specific combination of Methionine, Lysine, Biotin, Copper, Zinc and Iodine to provide maximum hair and hoof growth and horse health.
Total Equine® contains Tasco ® which is a specific species of seaweed by the name of Ascophyllum nodosum. A. nodosum contains high levels of Fucoidan and Fucose sugar. Fucoidan is a sulfated, short-chain polysaccharide that is known to stop growth of E. coli in the large intestine. It also controls other pathogenic bacteria that inhabit the large intestine.
Fucoidan is composed of Fucose sugar that makes the polysaccharide chain. Fucose is a part of normal nerve transmission in the body. This sugar along with specific levels of Choline, magnesium and some other minerals keep the nervous system from overreacting to stressful situations. Much information can be found on the internet that pertains to the effects of Fucoidan and Fucose.
