KAM Animal Services Press Kit

Equine Health through Nutrition

PRESS KIT

KAM M ANIM MAL SE ERVICES FAST T FACT TS KAM CONT TACT: KAM Animal A Servic ces, Gabriele e Sutton, 555 5 Vt. Route 78 8E Swanton, VT V 05488, Phone: 519-46 63-9640 EST – Email: gab brielesutton@ @aol.com, www.kamanimalservices.com PRESS CONTACT: Dia ana De Rosa/Press Link, dderosa1@opttonline.net, 5 516-848-4867 Mary Phelps s/The Web Connection (dres ssagedaily.com m/horsesdaily y.com), mary@ @horsesdaily.com, 386-985 5-1429 MISSION: To ensure that t the KAM program brin ngs your horsse back to op ptimum, susttained health as quickly as possible. p CUSTOMER SERVICE: Customer service is everything at KA AM Animal Se ervices. Each h client is ass signed a regional KAM K Animal Services S cons sultant, who will even com me to see you ur horse in pe erson if necessary! le staff share Their hand--picked and knowledgeab k es one simple e mission - to o ensure that the KAM pro ogram brings yourr horse back to optimum, sustained he ealth as quick kly as possibl e.

A GOOD DIET D FOR YO OUR HORSE: consists of clean, c pure w water and goo od quality gra ass hay. Proc cessed, enriched an nd feeds high h in sugar sho ould be elimin nated from y our horse’s d diet. “You are e what you e eat” pertains to horses too! KAM productts contain no o chemicals, ffillers, additiv ves or sugar.

New Produc ct! “Cookies s with a Clu ue” is the late est product in n KAM’s line o of nutrient sp pecific supple ements.

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Nutritio ous organic products

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Consultting and guid dance to clien nts about und derstanding e equine nutritio on

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Their te eam of researchers, naturropaths, nutritionists, vete erinarians, ag griculturists a and consultan nts help im mplement a nu utrition/supplemental program that is right for you ur horse anyw where in the U United States.

SEMINARS S: KAM founder and Equine Naturopatth Gabriele S Sutton gives h horse health workshops all over the United States. Ema ail for the late est seminar in nformation (w www.kamani malservices.c com).

I ION TO MAINTAIN YOUR HORSE’S HEALTH HELPFUL INFORMATI -

When large grain meals are fed to t horses, it is often impo ossible for the e stomach an nd small intes stines nto the to sufficiently digestt and absorb the massive onslaught off starch. Hence, some starch moves in hindgutt without bein ng sufficiently digested.

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Fatty Acids A are an excellent e sourrce of energy y for horses, b but are highe er in calories and thereforre weight prone horses s should avoid too many added a fats.

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Protein and Amino Acids A are essential for gro owth (hair, m uscle, skin, h hooves, mare e’s milk, etc.)).

Amino Acids rebuild tissue dama age.

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s so importan nt for protectiing the body,, around 70% % of the body y’s entire imm mune Since the GI tract is n the Gastro Intestinal I trac ct. system is located in

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KAM prroducts are pharmaceutica al grade so th hey are an al ternative to d drug therapy y. The programs work sy ynergistically y to treat the horse as a whole w instead of just treatiing the symp ptoms.

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AB BOUT KAM K ANIMA A AL SER RVICES S KAM An nimal Serv vices

Equine He ealth Throug gh Nutrient Specific Nutrition Have you had h a horse diagnosed d witth insulin resiistance (IR), ulcers, allerg gies, lamenes ss, back pain, colic, hoof proble ems, arthritis, osteochondrosis (OCD) and a so on? D Do you strugg gle to determine the best nutrition fo or your horse((s) and becom me completely overwhelm med by the va ast array of ffeeds and supplements available? Are you frustrated by the e difficulty of sifting throu gh all the pro opaganda and d h inform mation? marketing hype to find factual and helpful he above refers to you tha an you should d seriously co onsider KAM ssupplements including the eir If any of th newest pro oduct, “Cookie es With A Clu ue,” the simple way to enssure your horrse has the p proper nutritio on.

Here’s one fact that eve ery horse own ner should kn now: almost e every equine e ailment can be improved d and supported by b good natu ural nutritiona al manageme ent. Our misssion at KAM A Animal Servic ces is to help p you to impleme ent a specific,, well balance ed diet for yo our horse usin ng high qualitty natural fee eds. Our prod ducts are carefullly formulated d and monitorred to mainta ain the highe st standards of quality, purity, and effectiveness. By feedin ng your horse e these produ ucts you may y improve you alth and may y ur horses hea prevent an ailment from m occurring.

KAM Anima al Services’ te eam of experrts (including staff Veterin arian Dr. Joh hn Hanover) w will help you formulate a specific diett and ration for f your horse e that will pro ovide optimu um nutrition a and allow you u the flexibility to o adjust yourr horse’s diet effectively when w necessa ry, maintainiing that optim mum nutrition n through tim mes of pasturre change, ch hanges in actiivity or worklload, and stre esses such as s seasonal ch hange, travel, show wing, breedin ng, illness or disease state es, vaccinatio on, and worm ming. elped thousands of horse owners acros ss the United d States, and we are expe erienced in all We have he breeds, including Warmbloods, Thoroughbreds, Andalusians, A Morgans, Quarter Horses,, Arabians, Percherons s, ponies, Frie esians, Paints s, Belgians, and Clydesdalles. enced KAM Animal Service es Team are all horse own ners and proffessionals wh ho love to work with The experie horses of all disciplines including: Hu unter Jumperr, Dressage, S Show Jumpin ng, Eventing, Endurance, Reining, Ra acing, Equitattion, Trail and d Pleasure ho orses.

KAM’s prod ducts perform m as promised d, their customer support is second to none and fee eding your ho orse their cookie es simplifies supplementin s ng your horse e.

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STOR RY IDE EAS KAM Anim mal Services s – The Sto ory Behind a Company y Focused o on All Natu ural Supplem ments: Gabriele Sutton is the founder of KAM K and her years of e xperience wiith bringing horses to op ptimum health guid ded her to create c a line of suppleme ents that are e based on bringing the horse to op ptimum health. This story will be about how w and why KAM K was crea ated with a fo ocus on the ffact that if yo ou feed your horse properly he will be able to perform at his best.

he Clue Insiide Those Cookies: Eac ch of the five e “Cookies with a Clue” h has a purpose e and a What is th goal to brin ng the horse to optimal he ealth. Find out the clue b ehind how th hese cookies do just that.

Equine Nu utrition with h Gabriele Sutton: Equin ne Naturopath h Gabriele Su utton knows her nutrition and an article can be done abou ut any of the following top pics: 

se owner should know to o ensure hiss/her horse h has the bestt chance at o optimal What any hors ealth and condition. he

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he causes and ways to prrevent and he elp cure such h ailments ass Ulcers, Insu ulin Resistanc ce (IR), Th La aminitis and more. m

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A conversation n about feeds s and what fe eed is right fo or your horse e (commercia al feeds versu us all na atural feeds)..

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A discussion ab bout hays, fe eeds containin ng molasses, soy, oats, ba arley, beet pulp, fats and other feeds.

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he causes of lameness.

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All Those Wonderful KAM K Graphics: Ian Culle ey is the hand d behind the many graphics you see att the KAM Anima al Services sitte. Have a co onversation with w Ian on h how he comess up with his many design ns.

Weekly/M Monthly Nutr ritional Tips s: Would you u like to run a weekly horsse tip on your web site orr in your public cation. KAM has h the tips for f you.

Equine Na aturopath Ga abriele Suttton: Gabriele e’s backgroun nd is filled with first hand experience o on how to keep you ur horse healthy and fit. Find out whe ere all that kn nowledge cam me from.

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GA ABRIE ELE SU UTTON N Fou under of KAM M Anim mal Se ervices 1986 Gab briele Sutton graduated frrom the Colle ege of Physiciians and Surg geons in Wup ppertal-Germ many as a Registere ed Nurse Prac ctitioner in Ju une.

1989 She e gained exte ensive primarry care experrience by praccticing with O Orthopedic Su urgeons and Emergency y Care Physiciians in Germa an hospitals as well as pr ivate Care Clinics until im mmigrating to Canada in November.

N 1994 She e graduated from f the L’au uberg Des Herbes in July, completing sstudies in Natturopathic Me edicine, Botanical Medicine, M Nutrition as well as Homeopa athy.

1994-1995 Gabriele se erved as Cliniical Director at a Natures Cllinic in Exeter-Ontario, offfering full spe ectrum Complemen ntary Therapies to patientts.

1996 She e graduated from f the Inte ernational Jen nsen’s Institu ute in TX, USA A in advanced d studies in n June.

Nutrition, Botanical B and Naturopathic Therapies i 1996-2003 Gabriele Sutton S practic ced out of the e University o of Western Ontario, Resea arch Park as Clinical Director at the Institute e of Integrate ed Medicine, working w along gside the Col lege of Physiicians and Su urgeons of Ontario offering o CME accreditation n to Family Physicians thrroughout Nortth America in n Complemen ntary Medicine, as a well as inte egrating Com mplementary Medicine into o the Canadia an Hospital arrena until the e summer of 2003.

1996-2003 Gabriele also stayed in active practic ce for DG-Me edical Corp. in n London Onttario with the e primary foc cus of Comple ementary Me edicine in the field of Gast roenterology y and Oncolog gy.

2003 Gab briele left Human Complem mentary Med dicine in Augu ust because o of a life chang ging desire to o focus full time wo ork and resea arch in the fie eld of Equine Naturopathicc-Nutritional solutions.

2003 She e incorporated KAM Anima al Services in the summerr, by retaining a team of E Equine Veterinarians, Pathologiists, Equine Nutrition N Expe erts and Agri culturists to design nutrittion programs s, along with a line of nutrraceutical sup pplementation that would address Equ uine Health th hrough Nutrittion.

2010 “Coo okies with a Clue” C become es a new prod duct of KAM A Animal Servi ces.

Ongoing continuing c CM ME education in the field of o Equine Nut rition, Equine e Naturopathy and Homotoxoc cology. Gabriele has about two clinics s every mont h throughoutt the United S States.

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KA AM’S PHILOS P SOPHY Y Feed F your r horse w well and you wiill help pr revent an ny diseas ses!

A HEALTHY HORSE IS THE KEY KAM believes that if you y can keep your hors se at optimu um health yo ou can avoid d many of tthe d tha at may occu ur. Their mo otto is that g good natura al nutritiona al management is potential diseases the key to o ongoing he ealth.

A BALANCED DIET T IS THE K KEY TO HEA ALTH By formulating a spec cific well ballanced diet, using high quality natu ural productts, such as Oats, ax and Beett Pulp, you will w have gre eater input into the nuttritional stattus and thus s Barley, Fla health of your y horse. Formulating g a specific diet and rattion for your horse also o allows you u to alter the diet d more efffectively at times of pa asture chang ge or deviattions in activ vity, biological status, tra avel, stress or health.

THE TRUTH T ABO OUT COMP PLETE FEED DS Many com mplete feeds on the marrket today have h been trreated with high tempe eratures, and/or pounded into powder during proc cessing. The ese practice es destroy vital nutrientts and as su uch the d to be fortiified with vittamins and minerals, o often the add ditives are ffrom unnatu ural feeds need sources. w wha at substance es are used in these fee eds and how w well they a are digested d by You may wonder your horse e. Many ingredient labe els state well over 100% % of the daiily requirem ment of some e nutrients. You should d wonder wh hy is this ne eeded since excess abssorption of s some nutrien nts will upset the balance e of others and a as such lead to ill h health.

Most comp plete feeds contain chemicals, stab bilizers and preservativ ves and beca ause of thatt the question is just how healthy h and digestible are a the addiitives.

Also o are feeds tthickly coated

se there are e substances s in the feed d that a horrse will not e eat unless w well with molasses becaus ? If so, whatt are these substances? ? Are they n natural equine nutrients s and should d disguised? these feed d contents be b consumed d by our horses? These e are all que estions you should ask when deciding on o an equine e feeding an nd nutrition program.

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KAM SEMIN S NARS KAM founde er and Equine e Naturopath h Gabriele Sutton gives ho orse health w workshops all over the United States. Em mail for the latest seminar information (www.kaman nimalservicess.com).

“I have learned by spea aking with so many people e that horse people wan nt to get edu ucated (with hout

the sales pitch) p and want w to learn rn,” said Gab briele.

KAM Semiinars are for r you…IF YO OU: -Want to t know abou ut horse feeds and what fe eed is right fo for your horse e (commercia al feeds versu us all natural feeds) t learn more e about differrent hays, fee eds containin ng molasses, soy, oats, ba arley, beet pu ulp, -Want to fats and other feeds s.

-Are wo orried about your horse having ulcers, insulin resisttance (IR), la ameness, or jjust want to get your ho orse to optim mal health and d condition.

Private Se essions/Hos sting a Semiinar Gabriele wiill also schedu ule horse nuttritional evalu uations follow wing the work kshop or by a appointment while at any of th hese seminarrs.

If you are interested in hosting a sem minar by Gab briele feel fre e to contact KAM Animal Services. Ga abriele enjoys working with gro oups, organiz zations and ba arns.

KAM holds s regular seminars thro oughout the United Stattes and can consistentlly be found in the following locations. Plan P now to attend a a seminar near you u:  Chiicago and surrrounding sub burbs  Oca ala and Wellin ngton, Florida a  Aik ken, South Ca arolina  Wis sconsin  Tex xas  Mic chigan  Colorado  California (Los s Angeles and d San Diego)  Maryland Veterinary Confere ence

ars: Scheduling of Semina cheduling of seminars s hap ppens one to two months out. Gabrie ele will be in A Aiken, SC in Typically sc November and a in Florida a during the winter w months. California a and Chicago sseminars will also be sche eduled in the upcoming months.

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KAM M ANIMAL SERVIC S CES OF FFERS S KNOW WLEDG GE Want to Know K More About A Equine Health Care and Equiine Feeding and Nutrition?

Interested in your equin ne health care e and want to o know more e about how p powerful the right equine nutrition/su upplementation can be? Call KAM at 1-519-463-9 640 or email gabrielesuttton@aol.com to learn more about:

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Equ uine feeding and a nutrition: WHAT, WHEN AND HOW W MUCH to fe eed your hors se.

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Com mplete Feeds s, Sweet Feed d-Molasses, CornC Oats- B Barley, Plant Protein By-Prroducts, Beett Pulp, all types of Hay and Pasture, Water and Environmenta E al Toxicity.

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Wo orming and Va accination - Benefits B and Risks.

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Equ uine Health Care C and Performance - Be egins and End ds with Digesstive Health

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Und derstanding, treatment an nd prevention n of Dysbiosiss, Colic, Ulcers and Mal-absorption in y your horrse with Nutrition.

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Ide entification off Metabolic Diisorder and the preventio n of Founderr and Cushing g’s Disease in n your horrse with Natu ural Botanical Therapy.

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Exp ploration of Equine E Supple ements- WHE EN, HOW MUC CH OF WHAT T AND WHY to o feed.

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Und derstanding of o Natural Equine Health Care, C the ben nefits and lim mitations of su upplemental use for you ur horse, also o about dosag ge and contra aindications w when using ssupplements a along with allo opathic drugs s and in the show s ring.

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KAM PRODU P CTS Many sportt horses suffe er from stress s and poor digestion. A n umber of KA AM products b balance out th he horse’s sys stem so that the t horse is better b equipp ped to fight offf the possibiility of colic o or diseases. K KAM products co ontain no che emicals, fillers s, additives or o sugar.

The objective for KAM Animals A Serv vices Products s is to provid e products th hat will provid de the horse with all the nutrrients they ne eed. Some products are specifically s ta argeted at the e diseases ho orses suffer. Some eliminate gut permeability, regulate and balance metabolic fu unction, reducce inflammattion and/or cleanse the body off environmen ntal/metal tox xicity.

KAM has its s own in-house team thatt can guide yo ou to choose the product that will bestt help improv ve your horse’s hea alth whether for just maintaining a hea althy horse o r dealing with h an ailment already pres sent.

KAM’s team m has done numerous field d studies targ geting a varie ety of disease es and has de eveloped nattural products de esigned to brring your hors se back to op ptimum healtth.

AES – Form mula 1 Supp plement (Am merican Equ uine Solutio ns Formula 1): A daily p pack of the supplements needed to give your ho orse balanced d effective nu utritional supp port. It includes vitamins s, a enzymes s, gut supportt, joint suppo ort, minerals,, trace minerals, electroly ytes antioxidantts, nutrients and and essential fatty acids s.

ANS – Adv vanced Nutr ritional Solu utions with Fat: F This fat pellet consistt of 70% organic hemp se eed and 30% organic stabilized flax, rice e bran, olive oil o and cocon nut oil.

KAM’s Elec ctrolyte: Sodium, chlorid de, potassium m, calcium an d magnesium m are the prim mary electrolytes (ions) need ded by a work king horse. When W ions are e balanced, th hey promote water consumption and retention, which w can elim minate dehyd dration conce erns and othe er health prob blems. The unique properrty and benefit abo out KAM Daily y Electrolyte is i that all of these t ingredi ents are available to the horse immed diately.

KAM Daily Electrolyte is the only pro oduct on the market m which h ensures a b balanced bloo od chemistry level.

Unlike othe er products on n the markett KAM Daily Electrolyte E do oes not burn o or cause gut discomfort, n nor does it contain chloride.. KAM Daily Electrolytes are generally y needed if ty ying-up, mus scle cramping g, anhydrous,, synchronous s diaphragma atic flutter orr diarrhea pre esent themse elves.

K is what we call the e Digestive Tract T First-Aid d Kit because e it maximizes s digestive K.L.P.P.: K.L.P.P. efficiency. This productt retards the growth of 22 2 pathogenic organisms which can lead d to horse collic or horse disea ases. It provides the bene efits obtained d from live cu ultures withou ut the problems and concerns of using pure cultures. It is especially beneficial to use in stresssful situationss like travel, when competting, changes of feed, water and/or the en nvironment and a other tim mes when you ur horse migh ht get stresse ed.

Enzyme Plus: Enzymes s are essentia al for maintaining proper function of th he body and play a role in n virtually all body activitiies, each enz zyme having a specific fun nction in the b body. So by feeding yourr horse Enzyme Plu us you help prevent p horse e colic, improv ve digestion, reduce stresss and help in n many otherr ways.

Equine X-F Formula: Eq quine X-Formula is for founder prone h horses, horse with laminitiis and equine e Cushing’s Disease.

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FRE Choice Suppleme ent (Powder r or Liquid): FRE Choice is the producct for the horrse with chron nic soundness problems and leg, joint and tendon iss sues. It is a an all-in-one combination of herbs, enz zymes, amino acids and other nutrients n to support s the jo oint capsules,, ligaments a and tendons. Some of the e benefits in using FRE arre that it incre eases movem ment and mob bility, reduce es pain and in nflammation, increases circulation c and d lubricates joint cavities. It helps ma anage pain ca aused by acute injury and d/or degenerativ ve muscle, so oft tissue and d joint conditions. Key he ere is that it d delivers effec ctive oral pain n and anti-inflammatory relieff WITHOUT th he use of NSA AID’s (Anti-in nflammatory Drugs) or Steroids. It ma ay also help arthrittic horses.

FRE Choice e Liquid is an oral tonic tha at contains both homeopa athic dilutionss and herbal extracts to a aid in managing pain p and infla ammation cau used by acute e injury and//or degenerattive muscle, soft tissue an nd joint conditions.

FRE Liquid is an equine joint supplem ment that dellivers effectiv ve oral pain a and anti-inflammatory reliief e use of NSAIID's (Anti-infllammatory Drugs) D or Sterroids. FRE Ch hoice Liquid m may also supp port without the ongoing pain management for Horse es with chronic soundnesss problems, le eg- joint- ten ndon and ligament orse arthritis and sore join nts and chron nic arthritic ch hanges. injuries, ho MIF Formu ula: MIF Form mula promote es healthy es strogen meta bolism and e estrogenic acttivity in mare es. It has been especially ben neficial for ma ares with estrrogen related d health issue es.

TF Formulla (Transfer r Factor): Tra ansfer Factorrs are found iin both huma ans and anim mals and work k by helping the e immune sys stem. The prrocess of the body is to firrst recognize what should or should no ot be in the body an nd then destrroy or otherw wise neutraliz ze anything h armful. The process invo olves the prod duction of antibodie es, which are e the immune e-defense cells that “fight--off” antigenss (invading d disease agentts like viruses and d bacteria) when the body y recognizes their t presencce. Disease h happens at th hose times when the body do oes not recog gnize viral or bacterial anttigens quickly y enough. W When it finally y does the body produces antibodies tha at target and overwhelm the t invaders a and the anim mal gets well a again. Trans sfer sponse by serving as “me ssengers.” T TFs can “educ cate” or modulate Factors help to prevent that slow res an animal’s s immune sys stem, teachin ng it to recognize harmful “foreign sub bstances” and d communicatting the knowledge that they y are presentt. They do no ot cure – the y help prevent.

UF (Ulcer Formula): Stress S and po oor digestion often distur b the optimal acid/alkaline balance of the horse’s dige estive system m. This can lead to gastric ulcers. UF formula can both help prrevent ulcers or help a horse who has them by b helping to balance the acid/alkaline e level of the equine gut/stomach.

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New w Producct!

COOKIES WITH A CLUE E “Cookies with a Clue” arre nutrient sp pecific treats created to ke eep your horrse healthy. T These cookie es offer ctive way to support s your horse and hi s nutritional needs by com mbining the a simple, safe and effec essential in ngredients intto an easy to feed cookie. They are m meant to be an alternative method to supplementing horses or o offering horses a treat (reward) ( you can feel goo od about.

“Cookies with a Clue” arre all natural, GMO free and do not co ntain any fille ers, additives s, chemicals o or t any horse. Feed these treats whene ever and whe erever, eitherr one sugars and so they are safe to feed to kind of cookie or a varie ety.

Unlike mos st equine health products, “Cookies witth a Clue” are e completely legal in the s show ring. are five in all a and each of o the five diffferent types of cookies h as its own usse.

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Belly Bites s: Give nutrittional supporrt to the gut. They promotte healthy dig gestion and n nutrient absorption along with reducing the risk of stomach problems s such as ulce ers, gas and colic.

Booster Bites: Provide e a boost of vitamins v and minerals in a way that yo our horse will actually enjjoy eating, with hout the extrra unwanted energy. e Chubbies: Offer a safe e, delectable tasting way to t encourage e endocrine b balance and h healthy insulin n production.. Since these cookies have e no sugars they t are idea l for overwei ght horses th hat still deserrve to be pampere ed, even thos se with EMS and IR. Owchees: Present ach hy horses with an appetizing alternativ ve to nasty-ta asting drugs o or medicine. They relieve hors ses of pain orr discomfort from f inflamm mation withou ut harmful sid de effects or stress on the e digestive trract.

Stress Bus sters: Grant tranquility to o nervous and d anxious ho orses. The spe ecial nutrientts and homeo opathic remedies in n these cookies calm the nerves n of sca ared horses a nd give them m a boost of c confidence.

Survivor Kit: K A combination of all of o the above cookies, so y you can be eq quipped for a any situation..

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“Th he Story y Behind d The Cr reation o of Cook kies with h a Clue e” For years customers c told us about th he many challlenges they fface when feeding supplements. es are kept at a a boarding barn, owners often find tthat their horrses either do o not get the When horse supplements at all or ge et them in a “hit “ and miss s” approach o or in the incorrrect dose. U Unfortunately,, barn staff is ofte en overworked and only has limited tim me to feed.

Simplifyin ng the Feeding Process:: For horse owners o keepin ng their horsses at home, their husbands, kids, or frie ends find thatt the feed/supplement pro ogram is too complicated and time con nsuming on tthe days when they have to o do the feediing. any horses “shuffle” the su upplement po owders or pelllets to the bo ottom of the feed dish and leave Taste: Ma it behind, as a they do no ot like the tas ste; a very ex xpensive way y to waste mo oney.

Cookies with a Clue” eliminates clutterring your feed d room with all those buc ckets and bottles of Clutter: “C different su upplements.

KAM “Cook kies with a Clu ue” were intrroduced as an n evolution to o feeding sup pplements. First and forem most, every horse e loves treats s! The KAM “C Cookies with a Clue” do n not only taste e delicious, bu ut also offer a nutrient specific benefit. When feeding five cookies, your horsse will not on nly get spoiled d, but will als so portant nutrie ents. receive imp All one has to do is add a few cookie es to the feed d, specific to tthe horse’s n nutritional nee eds. Feeding supplements in the form m of a cookie will now only y take second ds but the fee ed dish will b be empty eac ch and every time. There is also the opportu unity to spoil your horse i n between fe eedings by offfering a healthy treat unlike e those unhea althy high sugar treats. osophy is to bring b nutrientt specific solu utions to everry horse own ner so that ea ach and every y horse KAM’s philo can benefitt from good nutrition. n

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UNDER U RSTANDING HORSE E DISE EASES S AND HOW H NUTRI N TION C CAN H HELP DYSBIOSI IS (Leaky Gu ut Syndrome): Dysbiosis s is a perfora ated hind gut,, an excessiv vely permeable intestine orr a condition of erosion an nd ulceration of the gastro ointestinal tra act. The bactteria of the intestine is often referre ed to as “frien ndly” and hellps to mainta ain homeostasis and many y “health promoting”” activities inc cluding detox xification, vita amin producttion, and prottection against pathogens s. If this relation nship is out of o balance, th he mere overg growth of so--called “friendly” bacteria, dys-symbio osis or dysbiosis re esults and ine evitably leads s to holes in the gut. The most critical point to consider with dy ysbiosis is the extre eme damage it causes the e horse by pe ermitting bactteria, pathogens, and toxins to escape e the ption is impa intestinal lining and enter the bloods stream. All nu utrient absorp aired leaving the horse malnourished, in an exttreme state of o imbalance, and vulnerab ble to disease e.

Once dysbiosis occurs in n the horse, this t essentiallly opens the door to man ny diseases su uch as founder, laminitis, in esistance). nflammatory diseases (artthritis, myositis) and meta abolic disorde ers (insulin re Dysbiosis also a contributtes to endotox xemia, inflam mmatory bow wel disease, C Chronic Obstrructive Pulmo onary Disease (He eaves), liver disease, and d colic. Most often these cconditions ma anifest in the e horse as collic, which is oftten recurrentt and unrelate ed to manage ement. Chron nic weight losss and chroniic diarrhea m may also result from leaky gut syndrome. Further it has h a devasta ating effect o on the liver as s it is recruite ed to filter all the e “contaminated” blood fro om the intesttine. (For a m more detailed d explanation of the dange ers of dysbiosis go to this link: http://www w.kamanimallservices.com m/Equine-Hea alth/ahvma-0 01.php) IR (Insulin Resistanc ce) or EMS (Equine Meta abolic Synd rome): Many y of our horses have elevated blood insulin levels with hout concurre ently raised or lowered blo ood glucose le evels. Insulin n Resistance (IR) is also called Equine Metab bolic Syndrom me (EMS) or Syndrome X . It is charactterized by de ecreased abiliity to transport glucose into cells or the failure of tissue es to respond d appropriate ely to insulin. Equine Cush hing’s syndrome has h some of the t same cha aracteristics as a IR. While ssome of the sspecific symp ptoms are diffferent, the general seriousness s of the metab bolic diseases s is very simiilar. EMS horrses respond better to a fe eeding routine that mimics natural grazing behavior; eatting several ssmaller conce entrated mea als through th he day helps keep their glucose e and insulin levels on an even keel.

LAMINITIS/FOUNDER R: Founder ca an happen affter feeding y your horse too much fresh h green grass s.

Fresh grass s is high in ca arbohydrates (sugars) which can cause e stomach up pset in grazin ng horses. Grrasses under stres ss often produce high leve els of a type of o sugar calle ed fructans. H Horses have ttrouble diges sting these sugars and the su ugars end up in the large intestines, w here bacteria a multiply and d break them m down. The overgrowth of o fructan-dig gesting bacteria upsets th e normal bal ance of the d digestive trac ct and produces to oxins that lea ad to laminittis.

It is FALSE to believe th hat grazing ho orses are saffe in pasture that is not fe ertilized or ma aintained. Lo ong grass tends s to accumula ate fructans. Overweight and insulin-rresistant horsses are the m most susceptible to founder or laminitis. The ese horses ca an also develop a mechan nical form of laminitis from m excess pres ssure on their lam minar attachm ments.

Hay can contain up to 30% 3 fructan, depending on the conditio ons when the e hay was cut. When hors se feeding, ste eam all your hay for found der prone horses, to redu ce carbohydrrate/fructan llevels. To avo oid laminitis th he best time to t turn your founder f prone e horse out tto graze is latte at night orr very early in n the morning, when w the gras ss is not in th he flowering stage. s Use a g grazing muzzzle for the res st of the day, to allow your horse as muc ch turn-out time as possib ble.

ULCERS: An A unhealthy ulcerated gu ut sets the sta age for equin ne disease be ecause the “gut” or digestiive tract serves s as the doorr to the equin ne’s body. If ever that do oor gets “stucck open” or dysbiotic, the gastrointes stinal tract tra ansforms into o a highway for f disease.

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IND DEPTH H STUD DY ON N DYSB BIOSIS S UNDERS STANDING THE T CONNEC CTION BETW WEEN DYSBI IOSIS, META ABOLIC DIS SORDER/IR AND SYSTEMI IC INFLAMM MATION AND D HOW TO TREAT T THE E EQUINE TO RESTORE HEALTH (PAR RT 1) Gabriele Sutton n If one cons siders they arre what they eat, they will quickly und erstand the p principal upon n which this hypothesis is establishe ed, that an un nhealthy ulcerated gut setts the stage ffor equine dis sease. As the e “gut” or the digestive tract, litterally serves s as a door to o the Equine’’s body, it is o of the utmostt importance that ectively functtional. If everr it becomes “stuck open”” or dysbiotic, the that “door”” remains sele gastrointes stinal tract tra ansforms into o a highway for f disease.

Dysbiosis, also a known as a a “Leaky Gut G Syndrome e”, is defined as a perforated hind gut,, an excessively permeable intestine or a condition off erosion and d ulceration o of the gastroin ntestinal trac ct. Symbiosis is defined as the relationship between organisms in n which one o organism is in n an intimate e association with another. A pertinent exa ample of a sy ymbiotic relattionship is th e intestinal flora of a healthy species llives in harmony with w its host. As A such the bacteria b of the intestine iss often referre ed to as “friendly” and he elps to maintain ho omeostasis and many “he ealth promoting” activitiess including de etoxification, vitamin prod duction, and protecttion against pathogens. p Iff this relation nship is out off balance, the e mere overg growth of so-called “friendly” bacteria, b dys--symbiosis orr dysbiosis results and ine evitably leadss to holes in tthe gut. Dysb biosis, and subseq quent increased permeability of the inttestinal muco osa, in genera al can be caused by a myriad of causes including protozo oan parasites s, bacteria, yeast, excessiive antibiotic or NSAID us se, parasite infestation,, maldigestion n, stress, and d an imbalanced and restrricted diet. The most critic cal point to consider wiith dysbiosis is the extrem me damage it causes the h horse by perm mitting bacte eria, pathogen ns, and toxins to es scape the inte estinal lining and enter th he bloodstrea m. This can llead to detrim mental responses to pathogens and toxins le eaking into th he blood strea am: 1.) an Im mmune Functtion System R Response, 2.) a Systemic In nflammatory System resp ponse, and 3.) an Insulin R Resistance (w which can be measured by y endocrine systems s tests s). Simultane eously, all nuttrient absorp ption is impairred leaving th he horse malnourished, in an exttreme state of o imbalance, and vulnerab ble to disease e.

Dysbiosis allows a the inc creased migra ation of bacte eria and toxin ns through th he intestinal w wall. There the immune sy ystem of the horse h is activ vated and form ms antibodie es in response e to the invad ding pathogens.

The increas se in antibodiies leads to la arge numbers of antigen/ antibody com mplexes that may result in n varied allerrgic reactions s or inflamma ation when th he complexess are deposite ed in tissues. When substa ances are no long ger filtered by y the intestinal wall and siimply flood th he blood stre eam, for exam mple in the ca ase of ory sugars or fructans, the pH balance is s lowered cre eating a very acidic enviro onment and a an inflammato predisposition. Inflamm mation in the gut inhibits absorption o of nutrients, e exacerbates v vitamin and m mineral deficiencies s, compromis ses normal de etoxification pathways, p an nd the IgA im mmunoglobulin of the gut lining can no long ger ward off protozoa, p bac cteria, viruses and yeasts . Subclinical acidosis is th hought to result from overconsumption of o either high h starch conce entrates or p pasture grasses rich in fructans. When large grain meals omach and small intestine s are fed to horses, h it is often impossib ble for the sto es to sufficien ntly digest and absorb the massive m onsla aught of starc ch. Hence, so ome starch m moves into the e hindgut witthout being suffic ciently digested. As digesttion of easily fermentable starch progrresses in the hindgut, the production of volatile fatty acids and d lactic acid in ncreases caussing a significcant decrease in the pH. W When the hindgutt endures ins sults such as this several times t a day itt teeters on b becoming ove erwhelmed w with acid. Additiionally, becau use lactic acid d is a stronge er acid then tthe VFA, it ca an cause serio ous damage to the intestinal mucosa. m The shift s in pH prrovides an un nfavorable en vironment fo or some of the many microorgan nisms that inh habit the hind dgut and aid in digestion, in particularr the fiber-dig gesting bacteria. For optimal perrformance, th hese bacteria favor an env vironment wi th a pH of 6.5-7.0. When pH drops to below 6.0, fiber-d digesting bactteria become e less efficientt and begin tto die off.

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n the horse, this t essentiallly opens the door to man ny diseases su uch as founder, Once dysbiosis occurs in nflammatory diseases (artthritis, myositis) and meta abolic disorde ers (insulin re esistance). laminitis, in Dysbiosis also a contributtes to endotox xemia, inflam mmatory bow wel disease, C Chronic Obstrructive Pulmo onary Disease (He eaves), liver disease, and d colic. “Most often these cconditions m anifest in the e horse as colic, which is oftten recurrentt and unrelate ed to manage ement. Chron nic weight losss and chroniic diarrhea m may also result from leaky gut syndrome.” Further it has a devasttating effect on the liver a as it is recruitted to filter all the e “contaminated” blood fro om the intesttine.

Many of our horses have elevated blood insulin le evels withoutt concurrently y raised or lo owered blood glucose lev vels. Insulin Resistance R (IR R) is a relativ vely new reco ognized condiition which is s also called E Equine Metabolic Syndrome S (EM MS) or Syndrrome X. Insu ulin Resistancce Syndrome is a group off symptoms rrelated to insulin re esistance or hyperinsuline h emia and the resulting phy ysiological efffects. This sy yndrome is characterized by decrea ased ability to o transport gllucose into ce ells. Equine C Cushing’s syn ndrome has some of the same characteristics s as IR. While e some of the e specific sym mptoms are d different, the general seriousness s of the meta abolic disease es is very sim milar.

To identify if a horse miight have a metabolic m problem you ma ay start by ev valuating the horses’ appearance e. You may find that your horse has fatty deposits on the base o of the tail or has a cresty,, fatty neck. A lo ong hair coat,, low energy and recurring g tendon and d ligament injjuries, absces sses and laminitis are often a good indicattion when sus specting meta abolic disorde er. Much of tthe research indicates that if a horse is overweight, he is more likely to be insuliin resistant. IImposing a w weight loss prrogram throu ugh calorie resttriction and exercise to bring these horrses back to h healthy body yweight may all that is nec cessary to get insullin/glucose le evels under co ontrol. Certain breeds like e Andalusianss, Paso Finos, Quarter Horses, Morgan’s and of course Pony breeds are also gen netically pred isposed to EM MS. Equine M Metabolic Syndrome may predis spose a horse e to obesity or o vice versa. Excess fat ti ssues associa ated with obe esity may trig gger an inflammato ory response. Inflammatio on may play a key role in the onset of laminitis. So o what does IInsulin Resistance have to do with w EMS? In nsulin is a horrmone secretted by the pa ancreas. When a horse eatts, soluble carbohydrates in n the food are digested in the foregut and converte ed to glucose e (sugars). Th he en passes thrrough the walls of the inte estines into th he bloodstrea am. This is when insulin is s called glucose the into service e. As soon as the pancreas detects the e increase in b blood sugar, it sends insu ulin to latch o onto the body’s cells (most cells c have insu ulin receptors s). The as the e blood sugar passes by, insulin uses its y to unblock the t cell door. The blood su ugar then entters the cell w where it can be used for e energy master key or stored as glycogen. In I horses, Ins sulin Resistan nce is when tthe normal am mount of insu ulin secreted by the pancreas siimply isn’t en nough to unblock those ce ell doors. Whe en the pancre eas secretes even more in nsulin and the hig gher level of insulin i still ca an’t open the cell doors, w we say that th he cells are in nsulin resista ant.

EMS can be e linked to a high starch- high sugar diets. It is imp portant to notte that many y of the ‘low s starch’ feeds curre ently advertis sed in the market contain up to, if not more than, 1 18% NSC. In regards to specific feeding rec commendations for insulin n resistant ho orses, it is cerrtainly a multti-faceted con ndition as eac ch horse is an individual. Feeds F could co ontain no or very low amo ounts of grain and contain n no molasse es and should guarantee a NSC C content of no n more than n 10-11%. A low NSC form mulation and small meal s size is recommend ded for horse es with EMS. Monitoring the t forage inttake of these e horses is ex xtremely impo ortant.

Testing the e forage’s NSC C when mana aging a horse e with EMS iss vital. Ownerrs may need to consider s soaking hay for 30m min in warm water or 60m min in cold wa ater to decrea ase the NSC content. Acc cess to fresh pasture nee eds to me red duced, sched duled to early y morning hou urs or night ttime turn outt. Depending on the pasture gra ass species, the t point of growing g seaso on, property altitude and the overall health of the p pasture (stocking ra ate, fertilization status, ettc.) some horrses cannot b be allowed pa asture at all, some must b be restricted through the use u of dry lots s or grazing muzzle. m

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e conditions affecting a EMS S horses are directly relat ed to the way these horse es metabolize e Many of the carbohydra ates. So it’s im mportant to get g a basic un nderstanding of how carbohydrates arre digested. S So, when choos sing the rightt feed for the e EMS horse, one must un nderstand the e sources of ffeed energy ffirst.

There are three t sources s of energy fo or horses; carrbohydrates, fats and pro otein.

Carbohydra ates are an im mportant source of energy y for horses, but not all ca arbohydrates s are the sam me.

There are a dizzying number of desc criptors for th he different ty ypes: non-strructural carbo ohydrates, structural or o fibrous carrbohydrates, non-fibrous carbohydrate c es, etc. Soluble Carbohydrrates are simple sugars and starches tha at are digeste ed in the foregut. These ca arbohydratess have an imm mediate impa act on blood gluco ose and insuliin levels. Sou urces may inc clude: grains,, molasses, m milk products s (dried whey y), and byproducts s such as rice bran. Ferme entable digesttible fiber, ca arbohydrates from fibrous s plant cell wa alls and polysaccharides, such as fructans, are digested in n the hindgutt. These carb bohydrates arre digested th hrough fermentatio on performed d by billions of o microorgan nisms (health hy bacteria an nd protozoa).. These carbohydra ates have little impact on blood glucose e and insulin after a meal . These carbo ohydrate sou urces may include grass forag ge, legumes, and byproducts such as b beet pulp, soy y hulls and w wheat middlin ngs. e fiber, which h is roughage e that isn’t ab bsorbed, swee eps through tthe digestive tract to keep p it Indigestible clean and running r smoo othly. Indigestible fiber co omes from ha ay and plant hulls. Soluble carbohydra ates such as sta arches (grains s) and sugars s provide imm mediate enerrgy because tthey quickly c convert to glu ucose in the smalll intestine. Glucose G can be used imme ediately or sto ored in the m muscles as gly ycogen (store ed energy). Glucose and gllycogen are the t fuels need ded for high--intensity, sho ort-duration exercise. ohydrates are e a valuable resource r for horses. Horsses are designed to handle a Obviously, soluble carbo low–to-mod derate load of o soluble carbohydrates. But B a supersiize helping att a meal can spell trouble for horses thatt have difficulty controlling g blood sugar. Digestible//fermentable fibers are als so carbohydrrates, but are digested differently than starch and suga ar and tend n ot to rapidly increase bloo od glucose an nd insulin leve els. Digestible e fibers are fe ermented by the microbess in the horse e’s hindgut in nto volatile fa atty acids, which are then ab bsorbed. These fatty acids s are the prim mary fuel sup pply for maintenance activ vities e for less intense, lo onger duratio on activity. Th he exception to the rules is and can be a source of energy fructans. Frructans are actually a linked d to fructose (simple suga ars) and cann not be digeste ed in the fore egut.

Therefore, they are ferm mented and digested d in th he hindgut. Frructans are n not considered fiber, even though they are fermen nted in the hin ndgut similarr to fiber. Exccessive intake e of fructans,, mostly from m cool season grasses, can trig gger excess gas g productio on and increa se the risk off colic and lam minitis. Horse es with a history off laminitis ma ay be especia ally susceptible. Indigestib ble fiber, thou ugh not absorb or used as s energy, is vitally v importtant to a hors se’s wellbeing g as it helps m maintain norm mal gut functtion, water balance and fecal co onsistency.

Fats (Fatty Acids) are ex xcellent sources of energy y for horses. Metabolized in the foregu ut, fats delive er a smooth sup pply of energy without generating spik kes in glucose e or insulin le evels. Certain n fats play a rrole in a healthy hair h coat, imm mune function n and recovery after exerccise. Unlike h high starch diiets, adding ffat to a k of digestive horse’s diett dies not inc crease the ris e disturbance es, such as co olic. Although h fats are an important part p of a hors se’s diet, EMS S horses need d to beware. Fats contain more than twice the calo ories per pound than t either carbohydrates s or protein. Therefore, T w eight prone h horses should d avoid too m many added fats..

Protein and d Amino Acids s is not an effficient energy y source for horses, but itt is essential for growth. H Hair, muscle, skiin, hooves an nd mare’s millk are made primarily p from m protein. Am mino acids (th he building blocks of protein) rebuild tissue damage res sulting from exercise or ju ust everyday y living. Prote ein is digested d primarily in n the small intestine (foreg gut). Enzyme es digest protteins into the eir constituen nt amino acids and the amino acids a are abs sorbed into th he blood strea am.

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ality of the fe eed ingredients, to timing of meals, to exercise, to overall horse e From the nutritional qua ent, EMS hors ses thrive on consistency. Fasting is ussually bad forr these horse es. The manageme fasting/feed ding cycle of two meals a day, even if its hay only, results in ele evated blood glucose leve els following ea ach meal. Ins stead, these horses respo ond best to a feeding routine that mimics natural grazing behavior. Nibbling N on lo ong stem fora age and eating several sm maller concenttrated meals throughout tthe day helps to keep their glucose and insulin levels on an a even keel . Reduce body fat to imp prove insulin sensitivity and a decrease e the risk of fat-triggered f inflammation n.           

Restore e and maintain gut health Restrictt calories, bu ut do not starve the horse Controll soluble carb bohydrate inta ake Utilize alternative a so ources of ene ergy, such as fat and fiberr Feed th he correct rattion with multiple servings s throughout the day Supplement the horrse to comple ement his die et and to addrress his specific needs Weigh the hay to en nsure the amounts are adequate to su pport properr gut health w without adding excessiive calories Have th he hay tested d and ensure that the feed d contains no o more than 1 11% NSC Exercis se as often as s possible.

Take ca aution when turning t out on o pasture Treat in nflammation with remedie es that do nott disturb gut health

References: Purina Mills s-Wellsolve, Kentucky K Equ uine Research h, Kate McBriide-Puckett,w www. theothersid de.com (PART ( 2) John J. Hanover, D DVM As already discussed, In nsulin is a ma ajor regulatorry hormone i n glucose and fat metabo olism, vascula ar function, in nflammation, tissue remod deling, and growth. Insul in is secreted d by the panc creas to stimulate the uptake of glucose by y tissues whe en sugar is abundant, succh as after ea ating. The tiss sues most responsive to insulin-me ediated gluco ose uptake arre skeletal m uscle, adiposse cells, and tthe liver. Ins sulin resistance (IR) is define ed as the failu ure of tissues s to respond a appropriately y to insulin. IIn human me edicine, stance has be een implicate ed in reducing g glucose ava ailability to in nsulin-sensitiv ve cells, insulin resis vasoconstriction, endoth helial damage e, and inflam mmation. In e equine laminiitis, we see these changes s and reactions occurring with hin the hoof wall. w Some practitioners p a are using the e term Equine e Metabolic Syndrome to indicate when w a horse is insulin resistant, has a history of lam minitis, and a abnormal fat deposits orr a cresty nec ck.

Horses with h Equine Cushing’s, or Pituitary Pars In ntermedia Dy ysfunction (PPID), can pre esent similar to IR nd a history of laminitis. On lab work, they horses as they often have cresty nec cks, abnorma al fat pads, an may also have elevated fasting insullin levels, ele evated glucosse and low thy yroid levels. One of the classical dis stinctions forr Equine Cush hing’s is the lo ong curly haiir coat (hirsutism). In factt, hirsutism is s pathognom monic for PPID D in older horrse and has been b used as the gold stan ndard for diagnosing the disease. Ea arly evidence of hirsutism includes rete ention of the winter hairco oat for longerr than expectted or detection of o longer hairs s on the palm mar or plantar aspects of tthe lower leg. Affected ho orses are usu ually older (>15 years), have e a thick cresty neck, may y be overweig ght and have bulging suprraorbital fat p pads, may be PU//PD and hype erglycemic, and a have a history of chro onic infectionss, delayed wo ound healing and/or multiple injjuries.

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e wa ay to test a horse for IR iss to measure resting serum insulin levels. A The simplest and least expensive ple should be obtained aftter fasting at least 4 hourss or eating on nly grass hay y. Stress nee eds to blood samp be avoided to prevent fa alse positive results. This s is a useful sscreen, but m may indicate a false negative in horses with h early or mild IR where th he horse’s insulin level ma ay fall into th he high normal range.

Another tes st for IR is th he combined glucose-insul g in test which h requires collecting multip mples ple blood sam and administering a dex xtrose solutio on followed by y an infusion of insulin. T This test take es more time,, involves a slight s risk of hypoglycemia, and is more expensive . Stress and pain, such a as from lamin nitis, can alter th he test results.

To diagnose Equine Cus shing’s or PPIID, the horse’s age, historry and clinica al appearance e should be ta aken into accoun nt with any and all blood work w results. There are m many differen nt tests being used to diag gnose Equine Cus shing’s and alll of them hav ve false posittive and false e negative rattes that vary with to the s stage of the disea ase, stress, excitement, e pain, p and even the month or season off the testing. For example e, one study using g the ACTH co oncentration test had a >90% false po ositive rate in n ponies and horses residiing in Pennsylvan nia during the e month of Se eptember.1 The T different testing optio ons for Equine e Cushing’s includes: Oral O Domperid done Test (OD DT), Dexame ethasone Sup ppression testt (DST), Thyrrotropin-Rele easing Hormone (T TRH) test, a combined DS ST/TRH test, Diurnal Corti sol Rhythm ttest, and ACT TH Stimulatio on test.

For more in nformation an nd protocols on these testts, please reffer to the Guiide to Insulin Resistance & Laminitis fo or Equine Practitioners, co opyrighted by y LLOYD Inc. (800-831-00 004).

In my practice, I test all suspected cases c of EMS and PPID by y collecting tw wo serum sam mples in one day 8 to 10 hours s apart. The animal a should d be maintain ned in its norrmal environm ment if possib ble to reduce e stress as that can n alter results s. No grain orr treats should be given w within 4 hourss of either sam mple. The mo orning sample is collected c first and the seco ond sample 8 to 10 hours later. Both samples are assayed for cortisol, thy yroxine (TT4)) and insulin at BET Labs in Kentucky (859-273-30 036). The absolute values s of cortisol willl usually be between b 20 - 90 ng/ml. Ho owever, we a are calculating the change e in cortisol v values between th he two sample es. The norm mal horse has a value grea ater than 30% % between th he two samples.

The false positive rate for f this test is s about 30% since some n normal horse es will test po ositive due to stress or other un nknown factors. The false e negative ratte is extreme ely low. If ph henotypic cha anges are pre esent such as hirsutism, chron nic endometrritis, chronic laminitis l and obesity, and d their cortiso ol rhythm is le ess nce has found d that animals will respond d clinically to o appropriate therapies. than 30%; our experien Managing horses h with IR R, EMS, and//or PPID (Cus shing’s) share e many comm mon treatmen nt principles.

These inclu ude an approp priate diet an nd exercise prrogram to inccrease insulin n utilization, reduce or pre event obesity, and decrease th he risk of lam minitis. If any y of these ho orses are truly y hypothyroid d or if they are obese, trea atment with le evothyroxine e (Thyro -L) may m be benefficial. Overweight horses placed on Th hyro-L showed an increased we eight loss and d improved in nsulin sensiti vity as they llost weight. It is important that the owners s realize that the horse ma ay have an in ncreased app etite and eatt more if their diet is not controlled. Research pu ublished in Ve eterinary Imm munology and d Immunopathology in Ja anuary 2009 showed tha at as overweight horses lo ost body fat, their levels o of inflammato ory cytokines dropped stea adily.

It was also demonstrate ed that as the e horses pick ked up weightt again, the ccytokine levels came back k up creating a systemic s pro--inflammatorry state.

Horses with h IR, EMS, an nd/or PPID offten respond well to suppllements conttaining chrom mium, magnes sium, cinnamon, and other ing gredients use ed to supportt insulin’s act ions, maintaiin normal glu ucose levels, and ndocrine function. Chromium is known n to improve the efficiency y of insulin att the cellular level improve en transporting glucose fro om blood into o the cells.

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X fro om KAM Anim mal Services ffor all these ccases at a sta arting dose off 2 I routinely use Equine X-Formula y and up to th hree times a day for horse es in a crisis such as acute laminitis. S Some tablespoons twice a day ges, increased exercise (w weight reducttion if overwe eight) and Eq quine horses will respond to the diet chang X-Formula without any other medica al treatments. If the horsse does not re espond well e enough clinica ally to this treatment or the lab values are still poor or there t is lamin nitis, I will ad dd other medical therapies s. In all of these cases, I will discuss and recommend a gastrointesstinal conditio oning program m and a miniimal vaccination n schedule. Ulcers and ‘le eaky gut synd drome’ can g greatly increa ase the risk off laminitis an nd complicate the treatmen nt of laminitis s while creatiing a systemiic pro-inflammatory state e.

There are three t drugs currently used d in the US to o treat PPID, but pergolide e is the treattment of choice at this time. Pergolide P is a dopaminergic agonist tha at inhibits the e activity of tthe pars interrmedia and m may slow the prrogression of PPID. Cypro oheptadine was the most common trea atment before e Pergolide a and is still used alone or in con njunction with Pergolide quite q often. C Cyproheptadiine inhibits th he action of serotonin, an a excitatory y neurotransm mitter, to reduce activity o of the pars In ntermedia. T Trilostane is available frrom Canada and a Europe fo or import with special FDA A approval. T Trilostane wo orks by inhibiting an enzyme at the adrenal cortex c that is s involved in cortisol c produ uction.

Obviously, horses with laminitis l shou uld be receiving appropria ate trimming and treatme ents, allopathic and holistic, spe ecifically for the t laminitis. As endocrin ne diseases a and gastrointe estinal disord ders are the m most common ca auses of laminitis, they sh hould be teste ed for and/orr treated in all cases of lam minitis withou ut another known cause orr trigger. d or conditions witth many diffe rent names tthat result in very similar health There are a number of diseases problems clinically. Whether we calll it Inflammatory Bowel D Disease (IBD), Dysbiosis, L Leak Gut Syndrome, Hindgut Acid dosis, Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS), colittis, or any oth her term for a break down n in the healtth of the gasttrointestinal tract, t the res ulting pathop physiology ca an be devasta ating to the health of our patients. This is a very common problem in our horse po opulation. In n one study, a group of 18 80 performan nce horses (ra ace and show w) were necro opsied. Of th hese, 87% ha ad gastric ulc cers, 63% had co olonic ulcers,, and 54% ha ad both gastrric and coloni c ulcers. Overall, of the 1 180 horses, 9 97% had ulcers in the GI trac ct. 2 nd that the gastrointestinal tract is the e first line of defense to ke eep pathogen ns and toxins s from Keep in min entering the body. As the t GI tract is s so importan nt for protectting the body y, around 70% % of the body y’s entire immune system is located in the t GI tract. When there is a break do own in the integrity of this s barrier, a whole w cascade e of physiolog gical effects is i triggered t hroughout th he body. As p pathogens an nd/or toxins ente er the body th hrough the GI tract an imm mune respon nse is triggere ed by the MA ALT and GALT T. The increase in active immu une tissues an nd resulting up u regulation of immune ffactors create es a proinflammato ory state thro oughout the body. b The circulatory sysstem then tra ansports the ‘‘invaders’ to the liver for pro ocessing and detoxification. Once the liver’s pathw ways become overloaded, the body will mobilize the toxins to otther tissues in an effort to o destroy or n neutralize the em. As the s skin shares siimilar detoxification pathways as the liver, the body willl deposit the se toxins in tthe skin. This explains alll the chronic skin n and ear pro oblems we se ee in practice secondary to o GI problem ms. Now that the body is iin a pro-inflamm matory state and all these e extra toxins s are circulatiing, when a ssoft tissue injjury occurs th he body is una able to efficie ently heal the e tissue and resolve the isssue. For exa ample, a mino or fetlock sprrain that should d have healed d in a couple of weeks may become acctive chronic ssynovitis and d eventually rresult in traumatic arthritis. Add A the comp plications of metabolic m diso orders in these horses witth GI problem ms and we can see e why so man ny of them ha ave chronic in nflammatory diseases succh as myositis s, synovitis, C COPD, hives, laminitis, and so on.

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ses from an allopathic a app proach uses a variety of m medications d depending on the Treatment of these hors on of the hors se. The inflam mmation or pain p may be ssuppressed w with NSAIDS (bute, Banam mine, presentatio Naproxen, Ketofen, and d Equioxx). The T horses wiith muscle sp pasms may be given meth hocarbamol to o e CNS. If alle ergy symptom ms appear in the airways or skin, stero oids are often n used to sup ppress depress the the immune system. Ma any of these medications have multiple e possible sid de effects, inc cluding GI ulceration, liver and kidney toxicity. The stomach ulcers may y be treated w with Gastroga ard or omeprrazole.

GastroGard d is FDA apprroved to treatt gastric ulcers and does sso by inhibitin ng gastric acid pumps.

GastroGard d does not ad ddress colonic c ulcers nor does d it addresss the causess of ulcerations. So often, the allopathic medical m treatments for the e horses’ infla ammation wo orsen the gasstrointestinal tracts’ problems thereby inc creasing the risk r of laminittis and creatiing an even sstronger systtemic pro-inflammatory sttate.

My treatme ent for gastro ointestinal tra act diseases and a the secon ndary compli cations involv ves a multipronged ap pproach. The e first step is to remove orr prevent the e toxins, para asites, drugs, stress, and/or pathologica al processes that t are caus sing the GI inflammation o or ulceration. The next ste ep is to feed an appropriate e diet in a wa ay to improve e digestion an nd support GII health. This would usua ally tend towa ard free choice grass hay an nd “grain” , if any “grain”” is fed, bein ng given in m ultiple small feedings to decrease GI G tract acidos sis and lowerr the glycemic c response to o the “grain”.. The third step is to improve digestion and aid the GII tract in healing. I often use KLPP fro om KAM Anim mal Services a as my probiotic of choice as itt contains Saccharomyces s boulardii in a liquid form mula that help ps reduce GI a acidosis and promotes ‘ffriendly’ bacteria. A study y published in n JAVMA 200 05 supported the use of Sa accharomyce es boulardii, a nonpathoge enic yeast, to decrease the e severity and d duration off diarrhea in horses. Othe er research ha as shown add ding beneficia al yeast to die ets of horses can: stimulate & stabiliz ze microbial a activity in the hind gut, reduce incidence of colic and GI ulceration u by y maintaining pH balance through colonization n of healthy microbes m reducing ‘hind gut acidosis, i mprove digestibility and u utilization of multiple nu utrients, and improve hooff, skin and co oat quality. H Horses with k known ulcers or that don’tt respond to my initial tre eatment are given g UF Form mula from KA AM along with h the KLPP. I use the homotoxico ology medication, Mucosa compositum from Heel to o help repair the GI tract. Additionally y, I frequently add digestive e enzymes to o the horses’ meals. The n next steps arre to balance the immune ms or patholo ogy present. I use mostly y Heel system, support and detoxify the liver, and treat any symptom products an nd some Gun na products to o accomplish these goals. Traumeel in nduces an im mmunological bystander reaction r whic ch activates regulatory r lym mphocytes accting as an an nti-inflammattory agent an nd immunomo odulator. Hep par compositum is useful for aiding the e GI tract and d the liver. H Heel’s Detox kit contains Ly ymphomyosott, Nux vomica-Homaccord d, and Berberris-Homaccorrd. The Deto ox kit helps m mobilize and drain toxins thru the lymphatics s and supportts toxin excre etion thru the e liver, GI tract and kidney ys. m for f cellular ac ctivation supp port (Coenzy yme composittum and Ubic chinon There are a number of medications compositum m) and produ ucts for speciffic tissues and organ syste ems available e from Heel a and Guna. H Herbs can also be e used to aid in detoxificattion and orga an support.

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Donald dson MT, McD Donnell SM, Schanbacher S BJ, et al. Varriation in plassma ACTH co oncentration a and dexam methasone sup ppression tes st results with h season, age e and sex in healthy ponie es and horses. J Vet Intt Med 2004;1 19:217–221.

2. Journaal of Eq Vet Science, Maarch 2005, Results R of a L Large-Scale Necroscopicc Study on E Equine Colonic Ulcers

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MEDIA RE ECOGN NITION N This is an excerpt e from a blog written by Dawn Diovera D on a w website site ccalled www.hors seandman.c com. Dawn Diovera D is an Executive Prroducer at Itcchy Fingers F Films, Inc. in California.

Equin ne Wizard Nutritionist, G Gabriele Su utton For those of o you smart and lucky horse people who only have e one horse, w worming day y is probably a very manageable day. But, for f us insane e multiple horrse owners, w worming day leaves us shuttering like Lurch.

Thankfully, I’ve found a solution that really helps s me, so I tho ought I’d passs it onward.

But first, th hinking aboutt worming ma ade me think k about Gabri ele Sutton. T This woman is a force in tthe Equine Nutrition world! She received her initial education e in H Human Healtth as a nurse practitioner with advanced training in Naturopathic Medicine, Bota anical Medicin ne, Nutrition as well as Ho omeopathy. Then, people starrted asking he er to help the em with theirr horses. We ell, a new career opened u up and she be ecame just as profficient in Equine Nutrition, Equine Natu uropathy and d Homotoxoco ology. She’s got chops. Her business is called, KAM Animal Ser rvices.

Now, I know we all hearr about herbs s and herbal remedies. I actually really believe tha at you are wh hat you eat… same with equines s. And, we all know that most of our h horses are liv ving artificially on what we e provide for them to eat,, not necessa arily what the ey are craving g or what the ey intrinsically y need. We ttry our best to figu ure out what they could us se nutritionallly… “Hmmm,, her coat loo oks dull” or “G Gee, his feet seem to be chipp ping more this s year” and “He has no en nergy “… and d we purchase e a nice supp plement.

Obviously, we are all kinda shooting g from the hip, if you know w what I mea an. For me, I just surmis se what they probably need and go from there. And, that has been m mostly just fin ne. But, I’m here to tell y you, when you need n to bring in the big gu uns, Gabriele e is a wizard. This brainiac is so helpfu ul and so knowledgea able, you want her to live out back pla anting a gard en, mixing po otions and fix xing all your equine buddies’ aillments. I wa as in awe and d gaga when we had our in nitial converssation. Well, it wasn’t rea ally a conversatio on… she spok ke, I listened trying to kee ep up, but it a all made sensse and I was sold!

All of her supplements and a feeds she e created herrself. All the ingredients a are listed and d she can telll you exactly wha at each one does, d how it supports s another and why y it is in there e. She will also cite clinic cal trials and tell you more about metab bolic disorderrs than you ev ver wanted to know — bu ut need to know.

Oh yes, and d SHE answe ers the phone e. Or, if Gabrriele is out off town (which h she is quite often as she e visits farms and horses all the e time), she will w call back or have her assistant calll. Wonderful. me to my farm m and helped d me tremend dously with a Cushings h horse (she Personally, Gabriele cam recommend ded an entire e feeding regiimen and it worked) w as we ell as a supplement progrram for all of my horses. Herr wealth of kn nowledge jus st bends you over backwa rds. So, whe en you need to call in the cavalry to help h your horrse, put this info i in your back b pocket. She is a gen nius. Go to th he website an nd you’ll see what w I mean. These aren’’t your ordina ary herbal co ncoctions forr horses. This is extraordiinary stuff.

Anyway, ba ack to the rea ason I’m thin nking of Gabriele – she re e-educated m me on my worrming schedu ule.

Without getting politicall, I’d like to say s that there e is generally y no reason to o worm your healthy hors ses every day or o even every y 3 months. However, this is not goin g to be a fav vorable piece of informatio on for the compan nies that mak ke wormer… Really, Gabriele taught m me that unlesss the horse is s showing sig gns of worms (and d you can alw ways do a fec cal test every y three month hs if you’d lik ke), it could b be detrimenta al over time to worrm a horse ev very day or every e three months m for itss entire life.

GABRIELE E’S SUGGEST TED WORMI ING SCHEDU ULE: SPRIN NG: 5 day Po ower Pack (test to make sure you need itt) SUMMER:: Strongid FALL: F Iverm mectin or Equ imax if you a are in an area a populated w with Equine Tap pe worms. That’s T it. Sim mple.

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KA AM TES STIMO ONIALS S Pixie Keatting, Aiken South S Carolina - Harley y “My FEI AP PHA combined d driving pony y met Gabrie ele and started d on KAM pro oducts in Janu uary 2010.

Everything about Harle ey's health ha as improved.

She's stron nger and fitter. Her black coat c glows. No N one believe es she is 16 years y old. Th he last extens sion down the centerline c in dressage d is as s strong as th he first and sh he finishes ma arathons with h a bounce in n her step. She loves all the ‘Cookies with h a Clue,’ whiich seem to giv ve her a boos st on the lastt day of the competition n when she needs n to be fa ast, obedient and supple. AND D Gabriele is always availlable to offer support and d advice.”

Evi Strasser, Canadian Olympic Rider, R Quebe ec, Canada – Quantum Tyme & Acttion Tyme “Dear Gabrriel, You know w that I am a total fan of all the produ ucts of KAM A Animal Service es. My horse es Quantum Tyme and Action Tyme,, as you know w, will not tra avel anywherre in the worlld without KLPP, Free powde er, UF formulla, and Enzym mes Plus. No o one can ge t over how w well they arriv ve from all th he long trips we are e doing. Tha anks to all the e products I have h very he ealthy horses.. For the Coo okies my boy ys are already ord dering big box xes of them, by special de elivery. They y think it is on ne of the bes st things everr. So, thank you again a for hav ving all these good things for my Cham mpions.”

Jenni and d Steve McAllister, (Trainers) Los Angeles, A Callifornia - Sammy “We at M Martin McAllistter training have had grea at results w with KAM Aniimal Services s. In just a fe ew months we have see en dramatic c changes, for tthe good, in n our horses. Soundness is ssues, weight and some perrformance iss sues have be een issues, a resolved d. I have seen n results in a as little as five e days, and in e every horse th here has been positive change.

M staff has be een easy to w work with, ve ery The KAM educatio onal, and resp pectful of ourr relationship p with other fee ed and suppllement compa anies. The ne ew cookies are great. Th he horses lov ve these cook kies like no otherr, and it is a g great way to keep them supplem mented while on the go. Allso keeps the e owners h happy, as the ey love to fee ed treats!”

Kathleen and a Ron Par rker, San Diiego, CA “Gabriele with w KAM accu urately evaluates a horse’’s health at a glance, give es you a spec cific protocol tto return yourr horse to opttimal health and a is always s available to o address issu ues as they a arise. If you h have an animal with h health issue es I would try y this first. For F the price o of a few vet v visits your prroblem is solv ved by nutrition ra ather than dru ugs (treat the e cause rathe er than the sy ymptoms).”

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ens, Beverly y Hills, Califo ornia – Gala axy (pictured d) & Cash Stacy Owe “I was at th he end of my y rope eight months m ago with w my 10year-old Th horoughbred, Galaxy. He was tying up,, and was dealing with h severe ulce ers. For the past p three yea ars, my vet, trainer, and d others tried d so hard to figure f out what was wrong and treat him. Eiight months ago, a we found you, and KAM Anima al Services. THANK T GOD! Based on you ur expertise I was able to o tell you the symptoms, and a we were able to diagnose hiim with EPSM M. From therre you explain ned to me what EPSM M was, assigne ed a treatment plan, and sent me the supplements and recipe e for his new diet. Within 48 4 hours we saw results s from your products. p Now w, eight montths later, I have a hors se that I can ride without the death se entence attached. He H is happy, healthy, h and excelling in every e way.

For the first time in thre ee years, Gala axy is making g progress. ning of KAM and a seeing th he amazing results r in Gala axy, I of courrse jumped o on the bandw wagon.

“Since learn I attended a seminar, and learned th hat my l9-yea ar-old Quarte er Horse, Cassh, was also iin need of som me dietary help p. Cash was categorized c as a a ‘Chubbie e.’ Within the e last three m months of gettting him on tthe KAM progra arn Cash has lost 1OO lbs s, and now feels like a five e-year-old ag gain. Cash is on a mixture e of the KAM products, but his favorite fa are th he ‘Chubbies’’ Cookies! He e gets 5 a day y, and begs ffor more. Cas sh can be picky, but not when it comes to his h KAM cookiies. If he cou uld eat the wh hole bucket, he would! mal Services, and a of course e you, Gabrie ele, have bee n lifesavers. Had it not be een for your “KAM Anim treatment plan, p and pro oducts, Galax xy would still be in pain, a nd Cash wou uld just be an nother obese Quarter Ho orse, on the edge e of found der.

“To say tha ank you seem ms so minimal. As a passio onate rider an nd owner, it m means the w world to know w that someone lik ke you exists s. Your knowlledge and pro oducts leave me speechle ess. I am fore ever grateful, and naturally re efer every ho orse owner I know k to you and a your pro oducts.”

Shirely S Mitchell, Barring gton Hill, IL L “All three of my horses a are different b breeds, have different job bs, and their ages arre 13 to 32. My horses look great and d feel great siince I started on KA AM suppleme ents. Nothing g else has wo orked so welll and I have tried a lot of other p products! I a also use KAM's “Cookies w with a Clue” as a trreat and some etimes as a cconvenient nu utrient source e. My horses love the t Cookies. They are he ealthy, and th hey provide tthe specific nutriients each ho orse needs. K KAM is a com mpany with orrganic products that work and g great ideas to o help take th he mystery ou ut of feeding our horses! h KAM M saved my ollder horse. A At age 28, he e had great spirit, but b due to ag ge and Cushin ings Disease, he was gettiing very thin and d not likely to o get through h the Illinois winter. Then n KAM Animal Serviices arrived. We changed d his feed and d hay, and pu ut him on an approp priate balance e of KAM sup pplements. T That was 4 ye ears ago! a My hors rse has bloom med and has a wonderful q quality of life l running around with h his buddy in tthe pasture.”

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roves DVM, San S Marcos,, TX Lu Ann Gr “I have bee en working with w KAM Anim mal Services for f several ye ears and am very impress sed with the products an nd the profes ssionalism tha at Gabriele brrings to my cclinic. She ha as given som me very good lectures at the clinic, an nd her produc cts work very y well. I am e extremely ple eased with th he results from KLPP and FRE. F I use the UF and enz zymes to trea at ulcers as w well. My clien nts are also v very excited a about the cookies s made espec cially for 'chubbies’.”

Shelby Fre ench, Sweett Briar Colle ege, Virginia a “We have been b fortunatte over the pa ast several ye ears to work with Gabriele e Sutton of K KAM Animal Services to o develop a nu utritional program for ourr large and va aried herd off horses. The e benefits of tthe KAM supple ements in con njunction witth a feeding program p that emphasizes natural wholle foods are o obvious in the imprrovement of the t overall co ondition and well-being w off our horses. KAM Animall Services has s worked dilig gently with us u to help us provide p our horses h with a feeding prog gram that ma akes sense fo or each individual horse h but can n be impleme ented while fe eeding a herd d of 80 horsess.”

Linda Thomas, Crysta al Lake, Illin nois “KAM Anim mal Services has h provided sound s nutritiion advice, im mmediate ressponse to con ncerns, and a great supplementation progra am. I cannott say enough good things about KLPP. It has broug ght our horse es b should d have this prroduct on han nd. Our horse es love the ne ew through collic without a vet call. All barns Chubbies. They see me e bring the bu ucket out and d they ‘attack k’ me. They ffollow me aro ound pushing g each other out of o the way to get their hea althy treat!”

Monica L. Smith, CCRC, Seattle, WA W “Being own ners to Bernese Mountain Dogs, you arre very aware of th heir health prroblems. We have been monthly (and sometime es weekly) vis sitors to our vet’s office, mostly for GI issu ues. After pu utting both off the dogs on KA AM supplemen nts, we have reduced ourr vet visits to about once eve ery 2-3 month hs. We frequ uently p how our o 8 year old d male is so ‘y young hear from people looking.’ I firmly believ ve that with Gabriele’s G guid dance, we have given our dogs s many more healthy yearrs to live. I have e recommend ded KAM to many m people. I can’t rave enough e about their products!

“Our female Bernese is a therapy do og who visits nd their familiies in hospita als and nursin ng patients an homes. Sh he gets “very anxious” abo out doing a good g job while sh he is on a vis sit. We recen ntly purchase ed the stress bustters cookies, and a have bee en very impre essed with th he decrease in her anxiety y. I now use the cookies as her treat whiile we are vis siting.”

Dorreene Gilmore, Go olden Hills Farm, F Paso Robles, R CA “My husban nd and I bree ed and compe ete dressage horses in Ca alifornia. We h have been us sing KAM Anim mal Service’s Fiinally and sup pplements fo or my horses for the last 3 years. They y have never looked or performed better. Those e with bloatin ng or weight issues are no ow sleek and healthy. Horrses with low weight issues now look terrific. The only pro oblems we ha ave encounte ered were phy ysical injuries s or stomach problems re elated to san nd that is prev valent in our area.”

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Justine Ca ave, Bolder City, Nevad da - TC “KAM Anim mal Services is s simply the best b service you y can prov vide for your h horse. I was amazed at th he transformation after 2 weeks w on the nutrition pro ogram. Gabrie ele has alway ys been there e for me and mostly t guide me through t challlenges after lameness l and d even chang ges in the fee ed at our barn n. She my horse, to is an educa ator that know ws that if just one more person p undersstands the ba asics to horse e nutrition an nd the benefits, th hen many horrses benefit from f that kno owledge. I kn now I can alw ways trust the e products an nd the science beh hind them, be ecause I’ve seen the proo of not only in my horse bu ut in several o others. There e’s nothing bettter than hav ving your own n personal Eq quine Nutritio onist on call…KAM has alw ways been the ere when I nee eded them!

“I’m riding my horse TC C now and he feels great. I just need tto get him in condition ag gain, but he’s s happy and I feel itt in his total being. The nu utrition is sho owing now th hat he’s not in n pain anymo ore. Also, tha at AES is like magiic stuff (lol). He’s not tuck ked up anymo ore and his m muscle tone h has really cha anged and that’s with just trrail walking. Amazing wha at a new set of feet can do for a horse e, but more th han that, I be elieve the nutritio on helped spe eed that up an nd he healed d quite fast. M My trainer wa as amazed. T Those old ten ndon injuries I ca an hardly see e anymore. The T vet said it i was scar tis issue…ha…I ccan prove him m wrong now..”

Patti Becke r, Grand Priix Dressage e Rider/Trainer, Fireside F Farrm, Salem IL L “I “ have been using KAM p products for fi five years. Du uring that t time, eve ery horse tha at I have put on the produ ucts has h blossome ed. They look k better; they y feel better; and they t perform better. Gabrriele and her team are extremely e eassy to work w with. She is allways willing and available a to a answer any qu uestions I ma ay have or offfer suggestions s tto boost my h horse’s perforrmance. If yo ou haven't h tried these produccts, you don'tt know what you're missing. m The bigger proble em is, neithe er does your h horse!”

Carmen E.. Robertson,, Wisconsin - Drake “When 2 fu ull treatments s of Ulcergard d only provide ed relief durin ing but not brringing lasting relief from stomach up pset for my horse h my frien nd Eileen Mollzberger sugg gested I give Gabriele at K KAM Animal Services a call. Eileen was w very hap ppy to report that her Sad ddlebred geldiing was feelin ng so much better on th he UF formulla and KLPP when w Ulcergard didn't brin ng sustaining relief. Since e that first call Gabrielle has been a tremendous s help in puttiing together a nutritional program to a address different needs in different horse es. Thanks to o Gabriele I'm m now confide ent I provide e my horse wiith all he nee eds to ensure he is i in the bestt possible plac ce physically to train and show. Gabriiele quickly re esponds to any questions via v email or th he phone. She S is very kn nowledgeable e and is able tto provide ex xplanations th hat are easily unde erstood. I lik ke the 'Belly Bites' B because e they are ea asily fed beforre going on tthe trailer or a strenuous work w out giviing me the as ssurance thatt my horse's stomach is w well prepared to deal with whatever stressful s situa ation presents s itself...and Drake just lo oves them!

Holiday Re einhorn, Callifornia “I began working with Gabriele G four years ago affter purchasin ng three horsses with extre emely difficullt metabolic issues. Thanks to KAM's holistic h and visionary v apprroach to equiine nutrition they have blo oomed into easy keepers k and are a the picturre of health. I know they would not be e in full work today were iit not for this feeding plan. KAM KA rocks!---“

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Marian Nillsen, Colora ado, Californ nia “I have had d Gabriele he elp me with all kinds of ho orses over the e past decade; an nything from geriatric, g bre eeding, stallio ons, EPSM, hiigh performanc ce and everytthing in betw ween. She is always a there for me and my horses. My staff love es the progra ams because they are sim mple to follow. Wha at I like the most m about KAM KA Animal Services is how w they have helped me have co onfidence abo out what I feed my horsess and how pport them. Because B we have such a cllose relationsship with to best sup Gabriele my horses are always supported no mattter the situa tion.”

Jane, Califfornia “My horse is i doing GREA AT!!! He look ks soooo muc ch better now w after just on ne month and d one week. WOW. Still needs more but wh hat an improv vement. No more m "episod des" since the e last one which was I don n't know how long l ago now w. Finally, someone has broken b the sillence on the ranch and to old me how go ood my horse looks s!. It is the ow wner and herr husband wh ho are the pa arents of the ttrainer who tthought I was s feeding my y horse too much! m They are a both amaz zed at how a wesome he llooks and the ey said that th heir daughter's horse needs to go on that program be ecause he loo oks like death h compared tto my horse! Now it these people noticed, I KNOW the trrainer has notticed and of ccourse will no ot comment. But that is o ok. It is her horse that t looks like e death comp pared to mine e AND just fy yi: Both of the ese horses liv ve side by sid de in pipe corrals s. Her horse is i 25, mine is s 16. Mine, ju ust a mere m month ago loo oked WORSE than her horrse.

Now, her horse looks ne ext to dead and mine look ks fantastic!!!!!! I knew the e proof would d be in the pu udding.

“Anyway- not n only does s he look good d, his feet arre cool everyd day. We just finished up tthe panicure p power pak and he e now eats ev very stitch of his hay which is now a 90 0% timothy, 10% alfalfa b blend. He lite erally and finally is eating like a horse! At night, when I come to giive his buckett o' mush, I rreplenish his feeder with more hay h and this after he has already had his breakfastt, lunch and d dinner.

“I can now move him to o another barrn with no sh hame of how the new peo ople will look at him/ me. A And thank good dness because e we are mov ving to Carlsb bad CA and tthe horse willl be going to Rancho Santta Fe to a place much more acco ommodating. Finally, one day, it will b be convenientt for you to co ome and see him. e happening in n Septemberr.”

This will be Laura Maloney, San Diego, D CA “Finding an nd using KAM M Animal Serv vices has been n instrumenttal in regainin ng my horse’s ’s health. Gabriele worked dilig gently and with w great care e to make su ure my then ssick horse had the nutritio onal support h he needed to recover. r KAM M's product lin ne has made a huge differrence in the h health of all o of our show h horses and far surrpasses anyth hing I had use ed in the pas st.”

Judi Root,, Ormond Be each, FL “My horse “Blind “ Date” had some ve ery severe me edical issues in 2007. He had undergo one a simple outpatient surgery and after returnin ng to the farm m he colicked d. Within the e course of a week, he collicked three times s, had two co olic surgeries,, an incision infection, i 106 6 degree feve er, lymphang gitis, then lam minitis.

In desperattion, my daug ghter located d Gabriele on an equine re elated web siite and almos st immediatelly Gabriele co ontacted me. We spoke of his condition and she re einforced how w fragile his liife had becom me. I agreed to start s on KAM Animal produ ucts ASAP! Within W a week k his health ttook a turn fo or the better. She worked clos sely with me concerning nutrition n and he is a true m miracle. We were champ pion in a huntter jumper sho ow in Tampa in 2009 and Aiken A 2010. I truly believ ve Gabriele’ss products sav ved his life.

Gabriele is always acces ssible, even if i I have to ca all her back tthree times. THANK YOU GABRIELE.”

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Nancy Sch hmid, Barrin ngton Hills IL I “KAM Anim mal Services is s not only a superior s supp plement manu ufacturer, bu ut truly is a se ervice compa any as their name indicates. Their T rep is allways availab ble for input rregarding you ur horses' use e of their pro oducts and related d information. My horses have h all imprroved in gene eral fitness an nd specifically y with KAM. One horse, away for the winter, came ho ome too thin and a displayed d possible EP PM symptoms s, again. He h had been previo ously treated d with a regullarly recommended protoccol that warns that "death h" is a possiblle sideeffect of the product. Th his horse wen nt back on KA AM products a and another product reco ommended by y the KAM rep. He H is now a happy h horse, in perfect fle esh, and was recently decl clared clear off EPM sympto oms and ready to t go back to o work. Althou ugh this prod duct wasn't in n the KAM line, the rep, w who is so aware of the markett, shared the product with me. Anothe er plus about the productss is that the h horses don't g get ‘hot’ as the ey are nourish hed.

“Seeing wh hat the KAM products p were e doing for my m horses, I a asked about u using it for m my dogs. So we started a program of su upplements fo or the dogs, too. t The prog gram was cu ustomized forr each of them m, individually y, as I have 4 dogs, rangin ng from a bus sy, young 3 1 1/2 pounder to a (formerlly) too sedate e 200 pounder. In I between is s a very lazy 10 year old and a a (formerrly) slowing d down 12 yearr old Jack Russell.

They all have renewed energy, e even the lazy one e that never d displayed any y energy.”

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