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Location: Kansas | Has anyone ever fed this? Is is similar to Forco? |
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| Have used it for several years now and really like it. Great to help one that has trouble holding weight, or stressed a lot. I was able to really back off the amount of feed over time also. If one does get sick, they recover much quicker when on it. You can Sign up as a prefered costumer and save some money and have it shipped to you direct if that is of interest to you. Some people swear by Forco, I have used both and saw better results personally with the Fastrack. |
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| We started two horses on fasttrack in late March. I cannot see a difference in them, but my boyfriend (they're his rope horses) claims he can tell a difference. One of the horses is confirmed to have ulcers so we put him on omeprazole a couple weeks ago. The second doesnt have any ulcers, its possible Fasttrack has contributed to that. |
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Location: Texas | hoofs_in_motion - 2015-05-04 10:20 AM Has anyone ever fed this? Is is similar to Forco?
Same or similar ingredients? |
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Location: Kansas | EqualRanch - 2015-05-04 12:57 PM hoofs_in_motion - 2015-05-04 10:20 AM Has anyone ever fed this? Is is similar to Forco? Same or similar ingredients?
Here is the info I copied and pasted:
Fastrack® Equine Microbial and Enzyme Pack
Conklin®
Contains a source of live (viable) naturally-occurring microorganisms; a source of proteases which can hydrolyze proteins; a source of amylase which can hydrolyze starch; a source of cellulose which can hydrolyze fiber and source of lipase which can hydrolyze fatty acid for all classes of horses.
Minimum Guaranteed Analysis Per Ounce:
Total lactic acid-producing bacteria; 2.5 billion colony-forming units (Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus); Acid protease from Aspergillus niger not less than 150 acid protease units: Bromelain from pineapple not less than 400 gelatin digestions units; Cellulase from Trichoderma longibrachiatum not less that 5,000 cellulase units; Fungal amylase from Aspergillus oryzae not less than 1,250 sanstedt kneen blisch units; Fungal protease from Aspergillus oryzae not less than 3,500 hemoglobin units, Lipase from Candida rugosa not less than 150 international standard units.
Ingredients:
Yeast culture, processed grain by-products, calcium carbonate, dried chicory root, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, dried Aspergillus niger fermentation extract, pineapple, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, dried Candida rugosa fermentation extract.
and I can't seem to find ingredients for Forco if someone can find them for me.
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Location: Texas | I found this, http://www.forco.com/faqs
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | I love it!  |
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Location: SW New Mexico | I give a scoop of Fastrack to Brother Dave every day..
I think it helps him overall. He is in great condition!
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Location: NC | Bumping this up to see if anyone can comepare it to FORCO??? I just bought a bag of forco but wondering now if I should have gotten Fasttrack... |
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Location: MS | I've used it for more than 10 years. It definately works. I switched a couple to Forco last year.
They did better on Fast Track so I switched them back.
Great product at a great price. |
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Location: Windy Wyoming | Forco is a prebiotic not a probiotic like FT...... Have had several switch from FT to Forco and never go back. |
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Location: Kansas | lisamm - 2015-05-05 7:24 AM Forco is a prebiotic not a probiotic like FT...... Have had several switch from FT to Forco and never go back.
What is the difference between a pre and a probiotic? I'm feeding forco now, just curious |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Our feed store has a special mix that they developed and Fasttrack is added to it. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Probiotics are live bacteria. You have to keep Fastrack in a cool place or your product will become useless.
Prebiotics feed the good bacteria and keep the gut flora balanced. FORCO doesn't have any life bacteria in it so the heat or cold doesn't hurt it.
I feed probios after a deworming or an antibiotic regimen. I feed a prebiotic every day to feed the good bacteria.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Prebiotics, probiotics, and the combination of the two (called synbiotics) are nutritional supplements marketed to support and protect the gastrointestinal (GI) system in a variety of mammals, including horses.
Although the widespread use of pre- and probiotics in the equine industry has not yet reached the level of popularity in humans, digestive supplements are still the second most commonly administered class of supplement.1 In fact, U.S. digestive supplement sales in 2012 reached approximately $97.5 million.
The popularity of digestive supplements for horses isn’t particularly surprising considering the equine digestive system’s sensitivity and that a horse’s overall health relies upon optimal gastrointestinal tract functioning.
WHAT EXACTLY ARE PRE-, PRO-, AND SYNBIOTICS?
Prebiotics and probiotics are some of the most common ingredients included in digestive health products. Despite the similarity in their names, prebiotics and probiotics are not the same.
Probiotics are live "good" microorganisms, such as bacteria and yeast. Classic examples of probiotics are the yeast Saccharomyces boulardii and bacteria in the Lactobacillus and Bifobacterium families (e.g., Lactobacillus acidophilus, which is found in some yogurts).
In horse supplements, common probiotics include Enterococcus faecium, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus plantarum. Millions to billions of colony-forming units (CFUs) are included per serving.
In contrast, prebiotics are the foods that feed the probiotics. Examples of prebiotics included in equine supplements include fructooligosaccharides (FOS), xylooligosaccharides (XOS), polydextrose, mannooligosaccharides (MOS), galactooligosaccharides (GOS), pectin, and psyllium.
Your horse does not digest these food ingredients. Instead, prebiotics are digested by the "good" microorganisms and probiotics in the horse’s digestive system to increase their numbers or activity.2
When prebiotics and probiotics are supplemented together, the products are referred to as synbiotics, because they work synergistically. |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | Prebiotics
Prebiotics are a newer concept than probiotics/direct-fed microbials. These are not microbes, but inert ingredients that help microbial populations in the hindgut remain stable and healthy. Scientists who coined the term define prebiotics as nondigestible food ingredients (sugars) that beneficially affect the horse by selectively stimulating the growth and/or activity of one or a limited number of bacteria in the colon (Gibson and Roberfroid, 1995). More recently, Gibson et al. proposed a new definition: selectively fermented ingredients that allow specific changes, both in composition and activity in the gastrointestinal microbiota, that confer benefits upon host well-being and health |
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