EQUINE AMERICA APPLE LYTES 1L

Carefully formulated to begin to replace the key electrolytes and
encourage drinking to help support rehydration and maintain peak
performance.

Provides a carefully balanced ratio of key electrolytes: sodium,
potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium in a palatable liquid form.

Promotes drinking and rehydration and restores lost electrolytes, to
help maintain optimum performance.

Low sugar and suitable for all horses and ponies

Highly appetising apple and cherry flavour, easily mixed in feed.

Equine America is BETA NOPS and UFAS accredited, making Apple Lytes
Solution suitable for horses competing under FEI regulations and the
Rules of Racing by reducing the risk of our products containing
prohibited substances.

Quality Commitment

Equine America manufactures to a strict code of feed safety. This
product has been manufactured in licenced premises using quality assured
ingredients under strictly controlled production conditions and conforms
to the requirements of the relevant legislation governing the
manufacture of animal feeding stuffs. Equine America monitors for the
presence of specified naturally occurring prohibited substances (NOPS)
as required under the rules of racing and other affiliated competitions
which are in line with BETA NOPS guidelines. Adherence to these
guidelines ensures that the risk of occurrence of such substances is
minimised.

Also available as a convenient paste or powder form.

An increase in body temperature, either as a result of exercise,
travelling or high environmental temperature will cause the horse to
sweat. The evaporation of this sweat helps the horse to cool down and
regulate his body temperature.

Sweating causes fluid loss, together with the loss of body salts or
electrolytes, which are contained in the sweat.

The important electrolytes are Sodium (Na) and Chloride (Cl), Potassium
(K), Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg) and they play many key roles in the
body, but especially muscle contraction, the nervous system, and
maintaining the fluid balance around cells.

Potassium is usually supplied in abundance in the horse’s diet, as most
forages such as pasture, hay and haylage are high in potassium.

Sodium and Chloride are found at much lower levels in forages, and even
for horses in light work, sodium and chloride need to be provided on a
daily basis.

Most compound feeds such as cubes and mixes, will provide some sodium
and chloride in the form of salt, but if intakes are low, this may not
provide enough, and supplemental electrolytes will be required.
Similarly, hard working horses, especially in hot or humid conditions,
will lose larger quantities of electrolytes and water in sweat. There
will often not be enough in normal daily feed to replace these losses,
and additional electrolytes will be needed to replenish these losses,
encouraging the horse to drink and promote rehydration, to maintain
health and performance.

A horse in moderate work, trotting and cantering, can lose as much as
5-7 litres of fluid, and 50-70g electrolytes in an hour, and this will
increase as the work intensity or duration increases, and even more if
the weather is hot and humid!

So maintaining hydration, and replacing lost electrolytes is important
not only for elite competition horses, but for all horses and ponies who
are sweating after work – from Pony Club rallies or long hacks in the
summer, right through to international eventers, show jumpers and
dressage horses!

Because horse sweat contains a higher concentration of sodium and
chloride than his other body fluids, it is important that supplemental
electrolytes are provided at the correct concentrations to ensure that
the desire to drink is maintained, so fluid balance AND electrolyte
losses can be restored, to promote recovery, and ensure continued
optimum performance.

This is especially important during long distance travel, or longer show
and events, when fatigue will increase, and performance will decline if
electrolyte and fluid balance are not restored.

Apple Lytes Solution has been carefully formulated to replace the key
electrolytes and encourage drinking to help support rehydration and
maintain peak performance all season.

Apple Lytes Solution is highly palatable, and should be mixed in feed.
Clean, fresh water should always be available.

What are the benefits of Apple Lytes?

Sodium, Potassium and Chloride levels are carefully balanced to provide
optimum levels to promote drinking and restore electrolytes losses to
maintain performance

Calcium and Magnesium are also provided from bio-available sources.

Low sugar and suitable for all horses and ponies

Highly palatable, with an attractive apple/cherry flavour, and readily
accepted even by fussy feeders.