GWF Nutrition X-Lam Aid for Horses 3kg, Hoof & Digestive Support Supplement

GWF Nutrition X-Lam Aid for Horses – 3kg Pouch

X-Lam Aid is GWF's laminitis-support supplement, built around a 12.5% natural calcium and magnesium carbonate buffer with glucosamine at 1%, mannan oligosaccharides at 1% and cinnamon powder at 0.5%. GWF describe it as supporting healthy blood flow to the hooves, with natural acid buffering for digestive pH.

That buffer is why the ash figure is high at 20.1% and calcium sits at 4.4%. Turmeric extract at 3,000mg per kilo, grape seed extract at 3,200mg, glycine at 2,000mg and L-arginine at 1,000mg make up the rest of the active list, with vitamins B6, B12 and folic acid added.

Performance & Benefits

• 12.5% natural calcium and magnesium carbonate as a stomach and hindgut buffer.
• Glucosamine at 1% from a fermentation source, and mannan oligosaccharides at 1%.
• Cinnamon powder at 0.5% and Piper nigrum seeds at 0.05%.
• Turmeric extract 3,000mg/kg, grape seed extract 3,200mg/kg, glycine 2,000mg/kg and L-arginine 1,000mg/kg.
• Vitamin B6 at 400mg/kg, B12 at 3mg/kg and folic acid at 27mg/kg.
• Digestible 3mm pellets, classified as a complementary feed.

Suitable For

• Horses and ponies recovering from laminitis, and those GWF describe as needing support for hoof blood flow.
• All ages, sizes and workloads — GWF publish a single rate band by height.
• Mares in foal; GWF state it as safe for them.
• Horses on soya-free or wheat-gluten-free diets.
• It does not supply a full day's vitamins and trace elements — GWF recommend a balancer alongside it, either their Equilibra Feed Balancer or OneCup, but not both.

Feeding

• Ponies up to 14hh: 100g, one measure, daily. Horses 14hh and over: 150g, one and a half measures, daily.
• GWF allow up to 300g daily in some cases.
• Mix into the normal feed and give it daily and continuously.
• A 3kg pouch is 30 days for a pony or 20 days for a horse at the standard rate.
• Fresh water at all times.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: micronised beet pulp, hemp seed husks, oats and oat bran, 12.5% natural calcium and magnesium carbonate, vegetable oils and fats, dried blackcurrant fruit pulp, 1% glucosamine from a fermentation source, 1% yeast products as mannan oligosaccharides, calcium sulphate anhydrous, 0.5% cinnamon powder, 0.05% Piper nigrum seeds, flavouring compounds, sodium chloride, calcium carbonate, propylene glycol.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 14.4%, crude oils and fats 7.9%, crude fibre 13.9%, crude ash 20.1%, starch 14%, sugar 4%, calcium 4.4%, phosphorus 0.25%, sodium 0.1%, magnesium 0.8%, omega 3 fatty acids 1.2%, energy 10.9 DE.
• Additives per kg: vitamin B6 400mg, vitamin B12 3mg, folic acid 27mg, sepiolite 25g, turmeric extract 3,000mg, grape seed extract 3,200mg, glycine 2,000mg, L-arginine 1,000mg.
• Our previous copy listed a 0.4% collagen matrix and linseed. Neither appears in GWF's current declaration, so neither is stated here.
• Supplied in a 3kg pouch, the only pack size GWF list.

Care & Caution

• Starch is 14%. At the 150g horse rate that is roughly 21g of starch a day, which should be counted into the daily starch total for a metabolic or laminitis-prone horse.
• Contains hemp seed husks. GWF flag trace THC in their hemp-based Immune Aid and advise a two-day withdrawal before FEI competition. They publish no competition statement for X-Lam Aid, so check with your governing body.