CALSORB® FORTE
FORTIFIED CALCIUM, MINERAL ELECTROLYTES & SALT BLOCK
No Added Molasses or Grain - Low in Sugar & Starch
A unique combination of organic and inorganic calcium + salt, minerals & electrolytes
Jenquine’s Calsorb Forte block is the first of its kind and still Australia’s favourite in its class. Calsorb contains both organic and inorganic calcium, trace minerals and salt. It has been designed for Australian conditions and provides minerals that are most often deficient or where absorption may be reduced by medications such as anti-ulcer treatments.
Formulated & Recommended by Veterinarians
Indicated for all horses and ponies in all disciplines
………especially horses on high grain intakes, anti-ulcer medication or oxalate pasturesNo molasses added or gains and Low in Starch & Sugar
Suitable for stables, yards and paddocks
Doesn’t fall apart or melt in the rain
APVMA-approved as END product
Bighead, calcium deficiency and osteoporosis are significant problems for horses on sub-tropical grasses - including buffel, panic, kikuyu and setaria.
Oxalates in these grasses bind calcium - making it unavailable to the horse and increasing the risk of a dietary calcium deficiency. Clinical signs of calcium deficiency, osteoporosis and nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism include intermittent lameness, stiffness, shortened stride, tendon and ligament weakness, dental problems, weight loss and fractures.
ANALYSIS (per kg):
Calcium 176g,
Manganese 1940mg,
Copper 1014mg,
Iodine 17mg,
Zinc 1814mg,
Selenium 3.3mg,
Salt (NaCl) 300g,
Methionine 90g
This product does NOT contain restricted animal material. APVMA#: Exempt
Available in 18kg blocks in stores and 4kg blocks online
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BIGHEAD & OSTEOPOROSIS IN HORSES
The condition 'bighead' was first diagnosed in Australian horses grazing subtropical pastures in 1974. Since then it has been widely recognised in horses grazing buffel, pangola, setaria, kikuyu, green panic, guinea and signal grass. These tropical grasses, planted along the seaboards of Australia, contain oxalate - a chemical that significantly interferes with mineral utilisation by horses.
Known since ancient times, and described as 'animal osteomalacia' by Vegetius in 400AD, bighead occurs in dogs, monkeys, cats, horses, rats, rabbits, pigs and goats - but it is principally a disease of horses. Also known as nutritional secondary hyperparathyroidism (NSH) or osteodystrophia fibrosa (OF), bighead was prevalent in the early 1900's in horses fed large amounts of bran by-product, especially mill wheat, hence the name 'bran-disease' and 'millers disease' were used to describe the condition.