CoolStance Copra

Stable Oils

The oil in CoolStance (coconut oil) is highly saturated and rich in Medium Chain Fatty Acids. This means it is highly stable (not prone to rancidity) and can provide your horse with ready energy.

Horses love the taste of CoolStance

CoolStance is rich in quality protein and high in oil which means that it can help with coat condition. Best of all, CoolStance contains virtually no starch, so will not cause starch-related disorders such as tying up, laminitis or excitable behaviour.

Contains 100% pure coconut meal

GAURANTEED ANALYSIS

Dry Matter 90%
Minimum Crude Protein 20%
Digestible Energy 15MJ/kg
Oil 8%
Maximum Crude Fiber 20%
Non-Structural Carbohydrate (NSC) 11%
Calcium 0.058%
Phosphorus 0.56%

Introduce gradually over 14 days.

May be fed wet or dry. To be fed with additional roughage such as hay or pasture to ensure diet of sufficient long fibre.

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FAQ

When looking at the protein content of a feed, you must consider it as part of a complete diet. Cool Stance is a high protein feed (21% crude protein), however, it is designed to be fed in conjunction with lower protein feeds like grass hay. Therefore when considered as part of a complete diet, CoolStance makes a valuable contribution to satisfying a horse’s protein requirements in what may otherwise be a diet which is marginal or even deficient in protein.

If CoolStance is fed as recommended, your horse’s protein requirement will be met. However, if Cool Stance is fed in conjunction with large quantities of lucerne hay or other high protein feedstuffs, your horse’s protein requirement will be exceeded. If protein is fed in excess of your horse’s requirements, it will simply be metabolised and used by the horse as a source of energy. Converting protein to energy produces waste nitrogen that must be excreted in the urine. This is a natural process and will not harm a healthy horse in any way. Likewise, excess protein is not capable of causing founder or negatively affecting your horse’s behaviour.

A protein intake that exceeds the upper limit outlined can, however, have a negative effect on performance horse’s athletic capacity. This can happen when feeding high-quality alfalfa/ lucerne hay. The digestion and metabolism of protein produce a lot of waste heat, which the horse must dissipate via sweating. In addition, getting rid of the waste nitrogen requires large volumes of urine to be produced and excreted. Thus high protein diets increase a horse’s body heat load and water loss, which in warm and humid conditions or during strenuous physical activity, can contribute to hyperthermia, dehydration and electrolyte loss. These factors all culminate in compromised performance. The large volumes of urine excreted by horses on high protein diets also contribute to wet stalls and the build-up of ammonia in poorly ventilated stables. The ammonia can damage horses lungs and cause respiratory problems. Therefore a performance horse’s ration must be carefully balanced to avoid problems associated with excessive protein in a horse’s diet. Again, if Cool Stance is fed as directed, a performance horse’s protein requirement will not be exceeded to the point where performance is compromised.

CoolStance® can be fed to most types of horses - working, spelling and breeding. CoolStance® may also be fed successfully to horses developing or suffering from metabolic disorders. It can be fed to help maintain insulin sensitivity in all horses. Foals may be fed CoolStance® in a creep feed. It may also help keep condition on older horses. CoolStance® contains low levels of NSC (<12%) which may be suitable for horses at risk of insulin resistance, laminitis and tying up. It may be useful in the diet of horses affected by Cushing's disease to reduce NSC intake.

CoolStance® is brown because the white meat of the coconut has been heated during processing to mechanically extract the coconut oil.

CoolStance® does not contain any husk or shell. It is made from the white meat of the coconut. High fibre (20%) comes from the flesh of the coconut.

CoolStance® provides readily digestible sources of energy from: Oil - CoolStance® contains 8-10 % oil; medium-chain-triglycerides

Digestible fibre; and Protein - CoolStance® contains the gluconeogenic amino acids asparagine, glutamine, arginine, alanine, valine and serine, which can be used to produce glucose for energy.

The oils in other meals such as soybean and canola contain mainly Long Chain Fatty Acids (LCFA), which are polyunsaturated. This means they are digested slowly and are prone to rancidity during storage. Some commercialised oils are made using GMO seeds/grains.

The fatty acids in CoolStance® are mainly medium-chain triglycerides (MCT) and are saturated. This means they are readily digested, absorbed by the horse and are not prone to rancidity during storage. CoolStance is GMO and chemical-free.

CoolStance® has a unique aroma and taste, which most horses like. A small number of horses can find the product unusual and can be slow to take to it. Start with small amounts and build up slowly. Persist, as the results are worth the effort.

CoolStance can be fed dry or as a wet mash. Some horse may prefer the texture of CoolStance® when it is wet.

When CoolStance is soaked in water, it will swell to at least 3 times the volume. If we feed it dry will CoolStance swell up and hurt my horse?

One of the major attributes of CoolStance is that it will swell in water, which helps to rehydrate horses. When CoolStance is fed dry, the horses eat the feed more slowly, and by having the water trough away from the feed trough, they have to walk away from the feeders to have a drink of water. This helps to regulate consumption. Wetting feeds can also prevent dust irritation.

Store in a cool, dry place out of direct sunlight.

Copra meal is the resulting product of coconut oil extraction either my mechanical extraction or solvent extraction (using hexane). Mechanically expelled copra meal contains approx. 10-12% coconut oil, whereas solvent extracted contains only 2% coconut oil. Some copra is direct dried above a fire and has a burnt aroma. Some is indirectly dried by the sun, or on a heating tray. CoolStance is produced only from indirect dried, mechanically expelled copra.