Balancing the equine hindgut flora with live yeast

Like the ruminant, the horse has evolved to be able to use grass and forages as a source of food due to the presence of fibre digesting organisms in its gut. It is therefore important to maintain a stable microbial population to ensure healthy gut function. This may be achieved by using live yeast in the diet which can improve the gut environment, promote the growth of fibre-digesting microbes, stabilise the normal flora and reduce the incidence of hindgut acidosis. The equine gut (Figure 1) co