Finding better ways to support your horses' gastric comfort.
Purina® Gastric Health Supplement & Feeds
Finding better ways to support your horses' gastric comfort.
It is estimated that up to 90% of active horses experience gastric discomfort, affecting health, attitude and performance. Purina® Outlast® Gastric Support Supplement is the latest innovation from Purina and is part of an overall gastric health program designed to aid equine gastric comfort and support horses that may develop gastric issues. Outlast® Supplement contains a unique blend of ingredients to support proper pH, giving you and your horse the confidence to perform.
See Purina® Outlast® Supplement in action.
Watch as Dr. Robert Jacobs, Purina Ph.D. research equine nutritionist, demonstrates how a horse's stomach would respond to a feeding of Outlast® Supplement.
Recognize the contributing factors associated with gastric discomfort. Common stressors include*:
Environment and Stress Factors:
Elevated exercise level and intensity
Performance and racing
Hectic training environment
Nervous disposition
Trailering
Lack of turnout
Lack of direct contact with other horses
Talk radio vs. music
Thoroughbred breed
Previous gastric ulcer diagnosis
Horse Management and Diet Factors:
Lack of pasture access
Fasting
Large meals with high starch content
More than 6 hours between meals
Inadequate forage quality and quantity
Stall kept or on stall rest
Water deprivation/intermittent access
Use of paste electrolytes or electrolytes in water
Use of NSAIDs for a prolonged time
Download our Purina® Equine Gastric Health Brochure to learn more.
Whether you’re a pleasure rider, train elite equine athletes or have horses prone to gastric discomfort, you can use one of Purina’s innovative new products to help them stomach any stressful event.
Designed to support proper pH in stressful situations
Horses at our nutrition center and in field tests around the country, elite equine athletes, celebrity horses and our team of PhD Equine Nutritionists and DVMs were all crucial to the development of Purina® Equine Gastric Health Supplements & Feeds. Read more about our intensive research below.
*ECEIM Consensus Statement – Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome in Adult Horses J Vet Intern Met 2015:29:1288-1299 Revised from Schummer et al., 197