Equine America Apple Lytes Solution Rehydration supplement is carefully formulated to begin to replace the key electrolytes and encourage drinking to help support rehydration and maintain peak performance.
An increase in body temperature, either as a result of exercise, travelling or high environmental temperature, will cause the horse to sweat. The evaporation of this sweat helps the horse to cool down and regulate its body temperature. Sweating causes fluid loss, together with the loss of body salts or electrolytes, which are contained in the sweat.
The important electrolytes are Sodium (Na) and Chloride (Cl), Potassium (K), Calcium (Ca) and Magnesium (Mg), and they play many key roles in the body, but especially muscle contraction, the nervous system, and maintaining the fluid balance around cells.
A horse in moderate work, trotting and cantering, can lose as much as 5-7 litres of fluid, and 50-70g of electrolytes in an hour, and this will increase as the work intensity or duration increases, and even more if the weather is hot and humid!
Because horse sweat contains a higher concentration of sodium and chloride than his other body fluids, it is important that supplemental electrolytes are provided at the correct concentrations to ensure that the desire to drink is maintained, so fluid balance AND electrolyte losses can be restored, to promote recovery, and ensure continued optimum performance.
This is especially important during long-distance travel, or longer shows and events, when fatigue will increase, and performance will decline if electrolyte and fluid balance are not restored.
Directions for use:
Mix well in the feed.
For 500kg horses: 30ml daily for lighter work; feed up to 60ml per day after strenuous exercise or when sweating heavily. Maximum 60ml per day.
For smaller ponies: 15ml daily for lighter work; feed up to 30ml per day after strenuous exercise or heavy sweating. Maximum 30ml per day.
Do not exceed recommended intakes unless under veterinary advice.
Please find the technical information below for more detailed information on ingredients.
Key Features
- Provides a carefully balanced ratio of key electrolytes: sodium, potassium, chloride, calcium and magnesium in a palatable liquid form.
- Promotes drinking and rehydration and restores lost electrolytes, to help maintain optimum performance.
- Low sugar and suitable for all horses and ponies
- Highlyappetisingapple and cherry flavour, easily mixed in feed.
- Equine America is BETA NOPS and UFAS accredited, making Apple LytesSolution suitable for horses competing under FEI regulations and the Rules of Racing by reducing the risk of our products containing prohibited substances.