Reach For Pro-Yeast To Support Hindgut Health

Saracen PRO-YEAST is a research-proven, live yeast additive that provides a probiotic effect.

This supplement will help to optimize fibre digestion, nutrient, and energy utilization. It is suitable for all types of horses and ponies and is particularly useful for performance horses to help maintain optimal microbial health whilst supporting and maintaining a normal hindgut environment and stable hindgut pH. Take a look at the feed digestibility study to find out the effect of Vistacell live yeast on the hindgut environment

FEED DIGESTIBILITY STUDY

PRO‐YEAST is a research-proven live yeast additive with a probiotic effect that helps promote a more stable hindgut environment and improves fibre digestion. Each daily 10g dose of PRO‐YEAST delivers 2g of the Vistacell Yeast.

EFFECT OF VISTACELL LIVE YEAST ON FEED DIGESTIBILITY

The feed digestibility study compared the use of Vistacell against a control diet. The horses were fed a 70% hay and 30% concentrate diet, with the only difference between the two treatment diets being the inclusion of 2g/head/day of Vistacell in the treatment group. Faecal samples were collected three times daily and analysed for a variety of digestibility parameters, with the results shown in Table 1.

RESULTS:

DM, OM, NDF and ADF digestibility were significantly improved (P<0.05). Crude protein and crude fat digestibility also tended to be increased.

CONCLUSION:

Daily supplementation with Vistacell significantly improves feed digestibility. The trial results show that the Vistacell group had significantly better digestibility values across all the parameters that were measured. These improvements suggest that the hindgut is healthier and more stable when Vistacell is included, leading to improvements in the populations of fibre digesting bacteria in the hindgut.