Top Spec AntiLam

Designed to provide nutritional support for those prone to, being treated for, or recovering from laminitis, TopSpec AntiLam is one of our best sellers.

Most overweight ponies, and some overweight horses, are susceptible to laminitis.
TopSpec AntiLam is a pelleted product, it looks like a balancer, is fed at the same rate as a balancer, but it is not a balancer.

TopSpec AntiLam is in fact a brilliant formulation combining several supplements with a high-fibre, very low-calorie carrier to make it palatable. Long-term trials at Middle Park Laminitis Research Unit have shown that horses and ponies on restricted/poor grazing do not gain any additional weight when fed TopSpec AntiLam. It can also be used very successfully as part of a calorie-controlled diet when weight loss is required.

This unique multi-supplement is so palatable that it can be fed out of the hand to horses and ponies at pasture to provide vital nutritional support.

TopSpec AntiLam should be fed on its own with forage. The forage can be in the form of late-cut hay and/or unmollassed chops e.g. TopChop Lite, or controlled grazing, or a combination of these, depending on the individual circumstances.

• The level of Biotin (15mg/500kg horse/day) that is scientifically proven to improve hoof quality, plus the levels of methionine, cysteine, lysine, calcium, zinc, copper, iodine, and vitamin A known to improve the efficiency of biotin alone. Chelated sources of copper and zinc are included in the formulation. Certain of these nutrients also promote supple skin and a shiny coat.
• High levels of a pure, protected yeast to help maintain near-neutral (normal and healthy) conditions in the hindgut
• Additional MOS (mannan oligosaccharides).
• A top spec broad-spectrum supplement, vital for horses and ponies on a restricted diet.
• Generous levels of anti-oxidants including Vitamins A, C and E plus selenium to neutralise the excess free-radicals that have been increased by stress.
• A highly digestible, high-fibre 'supplement carrier' to stimulate the fibre digesting bacteria in the hindgut.
• 'Non-Heating', because it is very low in sugar and starch, but high in fibre.

Top Spec Cool Condition Cubes

TopSpec Cool Condition Cubes are our top-selling blend. They combine the brilliant properties of being seriously cool and seriously conditioning, this is a very rare combination.

They are formulated without the use of any cereal-grains at all, so they are not just 'oatfree' or 'barley-free' but completely cereal-grain free. At the same time they have a good conditioning index of 12.5MJ/kg, equivalent to most cereal-containing conditioning compound feeds.

The formula is very low in starch and sugar and high in fibre.

The calories in TopSpec CoolCondition Cubes work equally well as a source of nonheating energy for maintenance, for performance or for gaining condition. These calories are balanced for protein with high-oil soya and linseed, and with available sources of calcium, magnesium and salt added.

To use TopSpec Cool Condition Cubes:

• TopSpec Feed Balancers provide the perfect start to feeding a cereal-grain-free, low sugar/starch diet. TopChop Alfalfa and/or unmolassed sugar beet shreds often provide a limited amount of suitable additional calories but when more are required or simple cubes are preferred TopSpec CoolCondition Cubes now provide the answer.
• Ideal when extra condition is required and a 'non-heating' formula is essential.
• Ideal when calm performance is required
• Perfect for any horses or ponies requiring a low-starch/high-fibre diet for other reasons. Please contact our nutritionists for feeding advice concerning specific nutritionally-related health problems for example advice about feeding a horse recovering from 'tying-up'
• The highly digestible fibre in these cubes helps to promote the beneficial bacteria in the hindgut therefore helping to maintain a healthy digestive system

TopSpec CoolCondition Cubes can be mixed with any other horse feeds including a TopChop, various forms of sugar beet pulp, and compound cubes/mixes.

Top Spec Comprehensive Feed Balancer

TopSpec Comprehensive Feed Balancer is a very palatable ‘Non-Heating’ pelleted concentrate that is formulated without cereal grains and contains only low levels of sugar and starch. It does contain several supplements combined with a feed designed to promote muscle development and function. A top-specification broad-spectrum supplement is backed up by others including a superb hoof supplement, generous levels of anti-oxidants and sophisticated digestive aids.

When TopSpec Comprehensive Feed Balancer is fed there is therefore often no need to add any further supplements, other than salt or electrolytes for sweating horses. The addition of e.g. blood tonics, yeast supplements, hoof supplements is a totally unnecessary expense, ineffective and potentially harmful.

This superb specification allows horses to utilise far more nutrients from the forage and straights in their diet, which usually means that their hard feed intake can be reduced with many resulting benefits. A complete specification is freely available.

TopSpec Comprehensive Feed Balancer is a very flexible, nutrient-rich feed designed to balance the rations of most horses and ponies simply by adjusting the rate at which it is fed and the products it is fed with.

Please contact our nutritionists for advice tailored to the needs of your own horse or pony.

The only feed balancer in the UK to contain all the following features:

• A fully comprehensive range of the micronutrients needed to balance feed and improve its utilisation, even in the most demanding or stressful situations.
• Powerful levels of Vitamin E and selenium, vital anti-oxidants, to neutralise the presence of excess free-radicals and, together with high quality protein, to optimise muscle development and function. Important for broodmares, horses on high oil diets, and horses recovering from ‘tying-up’.
• The level of Biotin (15mg/500kg horse/day) that is scientifically proven to improve hoof quality, plus the levels of methionine, cysteine, lysine, calcium, zinc, copper, iodine, vitamin A and soya oil known to improve the efficiency of biotin alone. Certain of these nutrients also promote supple skin and a shiny coat.
• Effective levels of protein, vitamins, calcium, phosphorous, copper, zinc and manganese to develop and maintain strong bone.
• Constructive levels of amino acids, complex carbohydrates, antioxidants and MSM to help maintain healthy joints.
• Raised levels of copper, zinc, B vitamins and associated nutrients to optimize haemoglobin levels in blood.
• Generous levels of B vitamins for efficient energy metabolism, vital for horses with compromised hindgut function.

TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer

TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer is designed for elderly horses that have reduced mobility.

• It is the first and only feed balancer to include the scientifically recommended rate of glucosamine to help maintain mobility. This rate is 10 grams of glucosamine/500kg horse/day.
• TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer is a very palatable ‘Non-Heating’ feed that contains several supplements that provide the levels of micronutrients and digestive aids normally only found in high quality specialised supplements.
• When TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer is fed there is therefore no need to add any further supplements.
• This superb specification allows elderly horses to utilise far more nutrients from the forage and straights in their diet, which often means that their hard feed intake can be reduced with many resulting benefits. A complete specification is freely available.

TopSpec Senior Feed Balancer contains the following features:

• Optimum levels of all the micronutrients needed to balance feed and improve its utilisation.
• Constructive levels of amino acids, complex carbohydrates, anti-oxidants, glucosamine and MSM to help maintain healthy joints.
• Powerful levels of vitamin E and selenium to act as anti-oxidants (neutralizing the harmful presence of excess free radicals which may speed the ageing process) together with high quality protein, optimise muscle development and function.
• Two yeast products to help fibre digestion and maintain a healthy immune system.
• Maintenance levels of biotin, plus associated nutrients, to help preserve good hoof quality.

TopSpec Hi Fibre Plus

• Generous levels of B vitamins to compensate for decreased production in the hindgut when fibre intake is limited.
• Organic chelated minerals for improved availability.
• Effective levels of protein, vitamins, minerals and trace elements to maintain strong bone.
• Many factors to help calm certain horses.
• Soya oil and good quality protein. It is formulated without cereal grains and provides only low levels of sugar and starch. It is important to keep the starch intake of elderly horses relatively low when fi bre intake is compromised, in order to maintain healthy hindgut function and avoid loose droppings.
• To help to maintain mobility.
• To help maintain muscle development, topline and condition, these often start to decline as horses’ age.
• To help maintain a healthy immune system.
• The formula includes a highly available source of vitamin C to help maintain healthy lung tissue.
• An effective way to optimise digestive efficiency for elderly horses.
• To promote a supple skin and a shiny coat.
• To balance the diet for elderly horses fed forage-only, or forage plus straights, or forage plus low levels of compound feed (i.e. when compounds are fed at less than the full recommended rate).
• Ideal for elderly horses unable to eat optimum levels of forage. When mixed with TopSpec FibrePlus a superb complete feed is formed, replacing all forage if necessary.
• Beneficial for elderly horses suffering from stress e.g. during changes in routine, given less than ideal turnout time, losing a companion, recovering from illness, and during or after a course of antibiotics.

When to use Hi Fibre Plus

• To help to maintain mobility.
• To help maintain muscle development, topline and condition, these often start to decline as horses’ age.
• To help maintain a healthy immune system.
• The formula includes a highly available source of vitamin C to help maintain healthy lung tissue.
• An effective way to optimise digestive efficiency for elderly horses.
• To promote a supple skin and a shiny coat.
• To balance the diet for elderly horses fed forage-only, or forage plus straights, or forage plus low levels of compound feed (i.e. when compounds are fed at less than the full recommended rate).
• Ideal for elderly horses unable to eat optimum levels of forage. When mixed with TopSpec FibrePlus a superb complete feed is formed, replacing all forage if necessary.
• Beneficial for elderly horses suffering from stress e.g. during changes in routine, given less than ideal turnout time, losing a companion, recovering from illness, and during or after a course of antibiotics.