Equisure vs Founderguard!! Opinions and advice please.?

Equisure contains colloidal silver, corn oil, guargum, orange extract, onion extract, soybean oil, glycerine, vegetable-based fatty acids, natural apple flavoring, and water. Colloidal silver has been extensively studied in valid research showing that it provides no beneficial or medicinal properties, and giving it orally risks some serious side effects. There is no valid scientific evidence that feeding the oils and extracts and colloidal silver contained in Equisure will produce any of the benefits claimed by the manufacturer.

These products are sold in the nutraceutical market and are not FDA approved or regulated, meaning that they are not proven safe or effective, and no one is guaranteeing the quality or purity of ingredients, or even that the ingredients listed on the labels match what is actually found in the product. In order to earn FDA approval, exhaustive, well controlled clinical trials must be conducted with the evidence objectively evaluated to prove safety and efficacy. Processing and ingredients used are strictly regulated for safe practices, quality, consistency, and purity of the product .

Toxic heavy metals, harmful soil bacteria, pesticides and other dangerous contaminants have been found in randomly selected unregulated nutraceutical products sold in the equine supplement market, so it is a buyer beware proposition. Again, there are no guarantees that you aren't just throwing money away on these products, and in some cases they could even do more harm than good.

Founderguard's active ingredient is the antibiotic, Virginiamycin, which acts to reduce lactic acidosis in the hind gut that is related to microbial disruptions brought on by high soluble carbohydrate consumption. It requires veterinary prescription, and you will need to discuss it with your vet if you are interested in trying it. Reducing the soluble carbs being consumed in the diet such as by feeding low fructan forages or only low starch pelleted hard feeds would be a better way to address this issue. But when assuring the levels of soluble carbs consumed is difficult, such as when horses are kept out on pastures where the levels of fructans in grasses and legumes can vary significantly with air temperatures, droughts, or from morning to night and from season to season, a product like Founderguard might be useful. Be sure to provide for proper storage and handling of the product if you choose to use it.

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Add................ There is another product spelled EquiShure which acts as a hind gut acid buffer in the same way that Founderguard acts, which may be what you are thinking of. I can't find the active ingredient, but here is some information on it and on the reseach that has been performed............

http://www.kerx.com/products/EquiShure/

I have a mare that is foundering and I used FounderGuard for a bit but I must say that I didn't really see much if a difference at all to when I used it and didn't. Not sure about anyone else's experiences, it would probably be best to talk to other people who use them, or even like the vet if your worried :)

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Equisure vs Founderguard!! Opinions and advice please.?

I have a QH that is prone to founder and I was hoping to try Equisure this spring, has anyone had experienced with it and would care to share with me please? I have had no response to previous questions and really want to hear more before I try it on my horse.

So pros and cons and also which is...

Equisure

Equishure