When Your Horse Needs Electrolytes
…electrolytes safely and efficiently. Mineralpowered Electrolytes are common minerals that in their solid forms bond readily into salts, such as sodium chloride (better known as common table salt), but when…
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Electrolytes Done Right
…improperly, electrolytes can make the risk of dehydration or electrolyte-related performance problems worse. Electrolytes are nothing more than minerals dissolved in the horse’s blood stream. The horse must take in…
Maintaining Essential Electrolytes
…to heat up. As sweat lathers his sides, he loses electrolytes—substances essential to a variety of body functions, including transporting energy into cells and removing waste products. Without adequate electrolytes,…
Electrolytes for Horses
Electrolytes are probably some of the most misunderstood nutrients. They are a group of minerals, such as sodium, chlorine, potassium, calcium and magnesium. Electrolytes ionize or form a charge in…
Winter Horse Management: Don’t Forget Electrolytes
Horse owners often associate electrolyte supplementation with warm weather, however, this actually has nothing to do with seasons. The provision of electrolytes depends entirely on the amount of work and…
**Electrolytes Correction: Apple-A-Day**
In our August 2008 article on electrolytes, the product Apple-A-Day, from Finish Line, was listed in the “Skip These” sidebar. It should not have been included there, as Apple-A-Day does…
Electrolytes May Solve Heat-Intolerance Problem
…our August 1999 electrolytes article. It is now also available in a paste. However, newcomer Perfect Balance Electrolite from Peak Performance (800/944-1984), also available as a paste, is an even…
The Scoop on Horse Sweat
…If you let him drink intermittently, a gallon at a time, you may stay ahead of dehydration. give him a dose of electrolytes (see “When Does He Need Electrolytes?”). This…
Power Aids: Ions Fire Up Body Cells in Your Horse
Electing Electrolytes Consider electrolyte supplements for times when your horse may lose important salts through sweating. Not all horses need electrolytes, so ask your vet, or closely monitor your own…
Your Sweating Horse
…chloride are the major electrolytes in blood and the tissues surrounding the cells. Potassium is the major electrolyte inside cells. Electrolytes are excreted in sweat, saliva, digestive fluids and urine….