When temperatures start to rise as we progress through March and April, the sugars in this young spring grass will start to rise and this is the dangerous time.

Equimins designed Laminator some years ago to try to do everything possible in a supplement to alleviate this very serious annual situation.

First of all we make it in powder or pellets to give horses and owners a choice of the most suitable way of administering it. The pellets are made in a cold pelleting process so that we don’t degrade any of the important ingredients with heat, as in most other pelleting processes.

Laminator contains a bioflavanoid called Hesperadin which is commonly used in human preparations for people who suffer with blood pressure. It works with Ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) to make the small blood capillaries more elastic so improving blood flow to the laminar corum.

Then we include a very unique and digestible organic source of zinc to help encourage strong keratin growth. Many forms of zinc are not very digestible for a horse, they are for a cow, which has four stomachs to break it down but not a horse. A digestible source of zinc is absolutely essential, and no other company has the technical ability to do produce zinc in this way.

There is a particular strain of saccharomyces cerivisae yeast to greatly assist the digestion of new young grass in the hind gut, again vitally important. There are also prebiotics to keep the gut wall healthy.

High levels of organic magnesium, manganese and antioxidants Vitamin C and E are included to help purge any free radicals. All this combined with a high level of Biotin

(Vitamin H) combine to make Laminator probably the best hope there is in helping to combat this annual problem.

Of course,nobody knows exactly what brings laminitis on but it is widely accepted that interruption to the blood flow in the laminar corum is a cause.

Good pasture management is equally important keeping the horse or pony on a very tight pasture and some hay going in at night, if possible, all helps.