Horseheath Independent Equine Nutrition Consultancy
This the original website – visit the new version at horseheathnutrition.com
Not sure your horse is being fed correctly?
Do you want expert independent advice?
This website, which describes the causes & nutritional solutions to a number of problems that your horse may experience, is in process of being up-dated. If you would like to know when this occurs please complete the General Enquiry Form
Its author, John Chapman can advise you online anywhere, or at your stables in Beds, Herts & Bucks & adjacent areas From the leisure hack to the top-flight sports horse, from foal to veteran, he can use his 40+ years of formulating, manufacturing & supplying forage feeds & supplements, combined with his nutritional training to help you get the best for & from your horse.
You must first complete the Nutrition Enquiry Form & submit it for appraisal. If the author feels he can help he will prepare a report which includes a diet analysis highlighting problem areas & also a feed plan. He will then send you a bill. When you’ve paid it, your report will follow
Fees start at £29.50 for a basic report & diet plan & increase in proportion to the time involved, based on £50/hour, or part thereof. You will be sent an estimate on receipt of your enquiry form before work begins.
This website pprovides you with guidance in selecting suitable feeds & supplements for dealing with a number of problems relating to horse health & performance. Over the centuries mankind has developed herbal treatments for a variety of ailments, based on anecdotal evidence. Recent scientific research has identified the active substances in many of these traditional products, e.g. aspirin – active ingredient: salicylic acid found in willow; digitalis, a heart drug obtained from foxglove; morphine from the opium poppy. Where good peer-reviewed evidence exists, the author of this website will advise use of such products where appropriate to help maintain good health & performance. Current Veterinary Medicines regulations forbid such information to be published in conjunction with promotion for specific products, such as those to be found on the Gravenhorse Feeds website.
Correct feeding is essential to maintain horse health & performance. Horseheath Equine Nutrition can provide advice to help you achieve this. If you require guidance please use the Nutrition Enquiry Form or call 07721 384 508 or 07807 479 495 – whatsapp
Expert advice is provided by a Cambridge University trained nutritionist with over 40 years’ experience.
This website offers nutritional support & guidance when dealing with a number of problems, such as:-
● BEHAVIOUR and TEMPERAMENT
– can be manipulated nutritionally; lethargic horses can be livened up; spooky, nervous ones can be calmed down.
● COLIC
● CONDITION and WEIGHT LOSS – primarily influenced by feed quality & quantity.
● CONSTIPATION
● CRACKED or BRITTLE HOOVES can be avoided by feeding a hoof supplement.
● CUSHINGS DISEASE
● ENTEROLITHS or SAND COLIC
● EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME (EMS) –
Obesity & Insulin resistance.
● GASTRIC and COLONIC ULCERS 
Courtesy Dr Tim Brazil
● Feeding the ELDERLY TOOTHLESS EQUINE
● JOINTS & MOBILITY
● KIDNEYS & LYMPHATIC System
● LAMINITIS
● LIVER
● MINIMISING STARCH & SUGAR INTAKE
● Nutrition Enquiry Form
● POLYSACCHARIDE STORAGE MYOPATHY (PSSM)
● Scour, Loose Droppings, Faecal Water Syndrome & Leaky Gut 
● SHIVERS
● SKIN PROBLEMS
● About VITAMIN E
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