Moreover, where a product is to be used as an adjunct to grazing it can be difficult to persuade an animal to eat an adequate quantity of the product, to decrease the risk and prevent over-grazing. In this case there must be evidence that, first the product would be consumed in significant quantities, so that the intake of pasture herbage is significantly decreased and second that the literature is clear concerning this potential cause of the disease. The literature should clearly indicate the risks associated with body fat accumulation and that over-weight animals at risk should receive approximately half their normal daily energy requirements until a normal body weight is reinstated. The recommendations for their use must allow the total feed to comply with the restrictions given. A complete list of ingredients must be given together with the range of weight of each, in the proposed products.
Fat animals are at high risk of laminitis.
A diet to achieve a gradual weight reduction to Condition Score 3 may require half of the above quantities to be fed with limited forage. Stabling or use of a grazing muzzle is also necessary. Only Laminitis Trust Approved Feeds, limited long forage or grazing are recommended to complete the diet. A nutritional supplement may be used, consult your veterinary surgeon. Copies of bag labeling and all promotional material connected with the product including recommended feeding levels should be submitted.