Pavo Podo®Care Liquid

In the period just after birth, a foal only wants to drink milk from the mare.  Through the mother milk, foals take in all kinds of nutrients which they need to live and grow. However, the quantity of minerals that foals take in particularly during the first months of life, is insufficient to support an optimum bone growth. During its first month, a warmblood foal grows more than a kilo per day (!), as a result of which it has a tremendous need for bone minerals, such as calcium, phosphorus and magnesium; much more than it can absorb from the mother milk. For a healthy foal with good bone growth, it is important to supplement these minerals.

Foal paste for a good bone growth

Pavo PodoCare Liquid is a liquid minerals mixture in paste form. Pavo Podo Care liquid belongs to the same family as the standard Pavo PodoCare (in small pellets). We developed this paste especially to be able to provide very young foals that do not eat pellets yet, with all the essential minerals. So doesn’t your foal want to eat the Pavo PodoCare pellets, or not yet? Then Pavo PodoCare Liquid is the ideal solution to support an optimum bone growth from the very first weeks onwards.

Phosphorus and magnesium in Pavo PodoCare Liquid

Calcium, phosphorus and magnesium are the bone minerals that are required to produce healthy bone tissue. The mare’s milk does contain these minerals, but research has shown that it does not contain sufficient phosphorus and magnesium to support the enormous growth of the bones during the first months of life. And not only is the absolute quantity important, the correct mutual ratio is also vitally important. Too much of one mineral or too little of the other can indeed result in bone disorders, such as OC or OCD. Just as Pavo PodoCare pellets, Pavo PodoCare Liquid contains phosphorus and magnesium in exactly the right amount and mutual ratio to optimally support the bone growth of the young foal.

Scientific research published in the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science  shows amongst warmblood foals,  providing the foal with magnesium and phosphorus during the first twelve months of its life has a positive effect on the prevention of OC and OCD.