Equine America Sand-Out Digestive Supplement for Horses - Pellets - 2.6kg Tub

Key Features Contains over 90 % high quality pelleted psyllium Contains added live yeast probiotic Highly palatable and easy to mix in feed Keep dry and add just before feeding About Horses and ponies grazing sparse vegetation or given hay or feed spread out on sandy or very dry and dusty soils, can ingest varying amounts of sand. This sand can accumulate in the gut and cause digestive disturbances, adversely affecting the normal functioning of the gut. Sandout Pellets contains over 90% Psyllium husk andndash; from the seeds of the Plantago ovata plant. Psyllium husk contains around 70% soluble fibre, and is known to absorb water rapidly (increasing in size by tenfold) and forming a gelatinous compound containing glycosides and mucilages. It is thought that this gelatinous psyllium helps to stimulate the muscular waves or peristalsis which pushes the contents of the gut along its length, helping to expel the excess sand which may have accumulated in the gut. Because of the abrasive nat