11/9/2024 - very unexpected or notified delay from suppliers end, due to being away. More stock arriving all going well next week.
HHIO's basic yet mighty toxin busting combo of the two proven heavy hitting toxin binders - Alltechs Mycosorb and Impextraco's Elitox. Each targeting different toxins with different actions.
Please note - for optimum results feed seperately to HHIO formulations as they can potentially affect the absorption of nutrients. This is best practise but not always feasible. Suggest a small feed with the Toxin Buster in it first. Then 20-30 minutes after, feed the normal hard feed if cant do am/pm.
Both products state on their labels that there is the possibility of it interferring with absorption of medications and/or nutrients. This combo product did clear up toxin related issues such as mild coughs, snotty noses and mildy spooky behaviour that Mycosorb alone did not (horses were grazing a paddock with a lot of Paspalum). We suggest to use this product if you are still having issues when using Mycosorb alone.
Mycosorb contains: dried yeast, hydrated sodium calcium aluminosilicate, fermentation products and calcium carbonate
Elitox contains: mixture of hydrated sodium calcium aluminium silicates (HSCAS 95%), natural extract (Carica Papaya), a biopolymer (products and by products from aquatic animals) and Vitamin C (35%)
Daily dose rate:
Foals/Weanlings: 10-20g
Horses/YEarlings: 20-40g
Heaped 15ml scoop = 20g
Mycosorb® Registered ACVM Act 1997 No A11092
Elitox® Registered ACVM Act 1997 No A11608
www.foodsafety.govt.nz for registration conditions
TYPES OF TOXINS
Polar toxins
Commonly recognised mycotoxins that have a postive or negative charge such as aflatoxins and fumonisins.
Non Polar toxins
Don’t have a positive or negative charge and include trichothecenes (DON, T2 toxins, fusaric acid, ochratoxin), lolitrem B, zearalenone and ergot alkaloids like ergovaline.
Pasture toxins
Most likely are ergovaline and lolitrem B, though there are many others including Aspergillus, Fusarium and Penicillium. Many different mycotoxins can be present at the same time if the environmental conditions are optimal for growth.
The fungal growth on plants such as Paspalum, certains strains of endophyte perennial ryegrass and tall fescue are renowned for causing photosynthesisation. Signs are sunburn and blistering on pink skin on faces and pasterns (greasy heel or mud fever). When an animal consumes a plant or chemical containing these pigments, the pigments circulate to the skin where they are exposed to UV light, fluoresce and cause oxidative injury to the cells of the skin. Liver damage in a horse might not be noticed until the animal develops photosensitisation.There are a number of other general signs that could involve coughing, suppressed immune system, depression, diarrhoea, abundance of unwanted energy, tremors, low appetite, poor coat, loss of coordination and worse, staggering.
Mycosorb reduces the risk of mycotoxins by the process of adsorption. Adsorption is the process by which carbohydrate components of yeast and algae cell walls bind to mycotoxins, removing them from the horse’s digestive tract. How well it will work will depend on how easy the mycotoxin can be picked up and removed. Polar toxins like aflatoxins and fumonisins are easier to pick up.
Elitox works by not just binding and deactivating a wide range of mycotoxins but also contains detoxifying enzymes that are naturally found in some plants and bacteria. A key ingredient is known for its antibacterial and antifungal properties. It is a clay based product however there are in vitro studies that showed no significant reduction in the availability of nutrients in feed. Elitox is likely to be more effective with non polar toxins.
Clay based binders
There are other clay type toxin binders available based on bentonite or zeolite but the major disadvantage is that they are known to bind minerals. Another disadvantage is these clay based products are very high in iron, which we aim to reduce excessive iron intake. Zeolite can absorb aflatoxin but not other toxins. It can absorb molecular minerals with a positive charge but they must be in dissolved form and it will bind the nutritionally important minerals as well as toxins.
