Laminshield products allow a safe, palatable and easy way to supplement magnesium for horses, ponies and donkeys. Veterinary scientific researchers agree that magnesium is very important as a factor in hundreds of crucial reactions within the horse's body, including; The insulin response, protein synthesis in the body, maintaining normal blood circulation and the function of excitable membranes. There are a number if reasons why magnesium intake may be low, including diet, season or environment. There are also biological reasons for an animal to have low magnesium status (lower than normal level of magnesium in the body may be caused by the breed, in response to disease, or the body condition of the animal). Adding sachets of LaminShield Pure provides an accurate, safe and easy method of providing magnesium supplementation to horses, ponies and donkeys during critical periods or all year round. The sachet contains all the active ingredients of the lick and the honey flavouring. Just add daily to a bucket feed.LAMINITIS PREVENTIONYou can prevent laminitis by avoiding high risk situations. The following is a list of causes or circumstances which we know commonly precede the onset of laminitis.* Obesity * Overeating on foods rich in carbohydrate or rapidly fermentable fibre, i.e. cereals, coarse mixes, rapidly growing or fertilised grass.* Any illness which involves a toxaemia. This may be a bacterial infection or following the ingestion of plant or chemical toxins.* Cushing's Disease. This is a condition which follows an abnormality affecting the pituitary gland in the horse's head. It results in the horse failing to shed its winter coat. The coat becomes long and matted and eventually curly. The horse drinks and eats increased amounts of food while sweating excessively and losing weight. All Cushing's cases suffer laminitis. * Weight-bearing laminitis. When the horse is severely lame on one leg and has to put all his weight on the contra-lateral limb they often suffer from founder in the weightbearing limb. This is particularly common in hind feet. * Concussive laminitis (road founder). When horses are subjected to fast or prolonged work on hard surfaces they may develop laminitis as a result of trauma to the laminae, particularly if their horn quality is poor. * Hormonal problems. Animals which are good doers may be hypothyroid or have an abnormal peripheral cortisol enzyme system. The latter condition, recently described has been called obesity related laminitis or peripheral Cushing's disease. Others develop laminitis when they are in season. * Cold weather. A few horses show laminitis during cold weather, fitting warm leg wraps during cold snaps prevents the problem in most cases. * Stress. Worming, vaccination, traveling or separation from a friend can trigger an attack of laminitis. * Drug induced laminitis. Although some wormers can precipitate laminitis, the most common group of drugs which cause laminitis are the corticosteroids. Even injecting short acting corticosteroids into joints can cause severe laminitis. * Overeating / Obesity are the most common high risk situations which lead to laminitis. The secret to avoiding laminitis in this situation is not to turn the horse out whilst he is fatter than condition score 3. This means he should not have a fat depot along his crest or at the tail head, around the sheath or udder or over the loins. You should be able to feel his ribs easily by running your hand along his side yet you should not be able to see his ribs.Limiting the grass intake can be accomplished by using a grazing mask or muzzle or by restricting the area available for grazing.Ingredients:25% Magnesium10% SaltZincCopperIron