Sentinel Safe Start

Innovative equine nutrition for growing foals and lactating mares.

  • Life Stage:  Grower, Lactation
  • Feed Type:  Feed
  • Feed Form:  Extruded
  • Packaging:  50-lb bag

Product Description

and lactating mares. Sentinel® Safe Start is a highly fortified high-protein and high-fat feed providing the precise nutrition to support healthy foal growth and milk production and composition in mares. This unique formula is also recommended for show horses where muscle mass, topline and coat condition are desired. An extruded feed, Sentinel
Safe Start offers a safe and natural way to provide essential nutrition that may be easily digested for optimal nutrient utilization.

Features & Benefits

gutWise™ Nutrient Release Technology

A proprietary blend of prebiotics, probiotics, marine-sourced calcium and NutriVantage® for horses helps maintain total digestive health. These components are delivered in an exclusive extruded form to help support nutrient digestibility and availability.

Stable Digestive Environment

Probiotics and prebiotics aid in maintaining digestive health and microbial fermentation for sustained nutrient digestibility, absorption and assimilation.

Gastric Balance

Bioavailable marine-sourced calcium helps support gastric pH and health.

Optimized Nutrition

NutriVantage® for horses incorporates exclusive components that may help aid in nutrient availability and maintenance of a healthy gut environment for immune support.

Limited Starch and Sugar

A low starch and sugar diet is often recommended by veterinarians and nutritionists for horses with metabolic and digestive challenges.

‘Cool’ Energy

A sequential release of energy from fat and fermentable fiber provides lower starch calories to meet complex energy demands and help maintain normal digestive health.

Healthy Rate of Intake

The light and airy nature of extruded feeds may facilitate the breakdown of feed while encouraging slow consumption and more thorough chewing for maintaining digestive health.

Nutrient Density and Release

A nutrient dense diet means more nutrition by weight, potentially delivering more of what your horse needs in less feed for ideal health and body condition.

Built-In Fiber

Fiber sources such as soybean hulls and beet pulp may help maintain healthy hind-gut fermentation while providing extra calories in a safe and natural form.

Immune Support

Antioxidant nutrients including stable vitamins and biologically available trace minerals help maintain normal health and metabolism.

Body Tissue & Integrity

Amino acids such as lysine, methionine and threonine are important for growth and maintenance of all tissues including bone, muscle, hoof and hair.

Healthy Skin and Hair Coat

Sources of Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids plus protein, B-vitamins and trace mineral complexes may help promote healthy skin, hair coat and hoof condition.

Joint Support

Omega-3 fatty acids, stable vitamins and balanced minerals may help maintain joint and bone health and strength.

Nutritional Information

Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein, min 16.0%
Lysine, min 0.85%
Methionine, min 0.47%
Threonine, min 0.55%
Crude Fat, min 8.5%
Crude Fiber, max 12.0%
Acid Detergent Fiber, max 14.0%
Neutral Detergent Fiber, max 26.0%
Dietary Starch, max 17.5%
Sugar, max 4.5%
Calcium, min 0.75%
Calcium, max 1.25%
Phosphorus, min 0.70%
Copper, min 60 ppm
Manganese, min 140 ppm
Selenium, min 0.65 ppm
Zinc min 180 ppm
Vitamin A, min 5,500 IU/lb
Vitamin E, min 155 IU/lb
Biotin, min 0.55 mg/lb
Total Bacillus* Species, min 500 million cfu/lb
Enterococcus Faecium, min 4 million cfu/lb
Lactobacillus Acidophilus, min 6 million cfu/lb

Ingredients

Wheat Middlings, Ground Corn, Soybean Hulls, Soybean Meal, Corn Distillers Dried Grains, Wheat Flour, Cane Molasses, Soybean Oil, Flaxseed, Rice Bran, Calcium Carbonate, Yeast Culture, Salt, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcite, Magnesium Oxide, DL-Methionine, Reed- Sedge Peat, L-Lysine, Natural Flavor, Calcium Sulfate, Yeast Extract, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), DL-α-Tocopherol Acetate, Selenium Yeast, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Sulfate, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, D-α-Tocopherol Acetate (Source of Natural Vitamin E), Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Oryzae Fermentation Extract, Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract, Manganese Sulfate, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Copper Sulfate, Biotin, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Licheniformis Fermentation Product, Rice Hulls, Vitamin B12 Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of Vitamin C), Ferrous Sulfate, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Niacin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Sodium Selenite, Threonine, Choline Chloride, Vitamin A Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Calcium Iodate, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite Complex, Rosemary Extract, Cobalt Carbonate, Mixed Tocopherols & Citric Acid (Preservatives).

Pounds per Quart

0.85 lb

Feeding Directions

KENT SENTINEL SAFE START is a high protein, high fat, pressure cooked feed that offers a safe and natural way to provide essential nutrition to lactating mares and young growing foals. SENTINEL SAFE START can also be fed to show horses on low protein hay or when extra shine and condition is desired.

DAILY GUIDE: Approximate feed weight to volume: 0.85 lb = 1 quart. It is necessary to adjust the feeding of SENTINEL SAFE START to the condition of the horse. Provide good-quality hay or pasture, free-choice salt and plenty of fresh water.

Horse Class Age Suggested Feeding Range*
lb/100-lb body weight/day
GROWTH
Suckling 0 to 4-6 mos. 0.70 to 1.10
Weanling 4-6 to 12 mos. 0.90 - 1.40
Yearling 12 to 18 mos. 0.60 - 0.95
Long Yearling 18 to 24 mos. 0.55 - 0.75
2-Year Old 24 to 36 mos. 0.45 - 0.70
ADULT
Moderate Exercise Mature 0.45 - 0.65
Heavy Exercise Mature 0.55 - 0.70
BREEDING
Pregnant Mare, last month Mature 0.40 - 0.65
Lactating Mare, first 3 mos. Mature 0.65 - 1.10

*Suggested program is based on offering grass or mixed grass hays. If feeding legume hays or rich pasture, or if SENTINEL SAFE START is fed below the recommended feeding range, consult your Kent Nutrition Group sales representative or customer service for a ration recommendation.

The suggested feeding program above is intended solely as a guide. The variables of management, environment, and breed may dictate changes in the animal’s dietary requirements.


Caution

Contains Copper: Do Not Feed To Sheep.

NutriVantage® Nutrition Optimizer®

NutriVantage Nutrition Optimizer is an exclusive research-driven nutritional feed supplement that is only available in Kent/Blue Seal products.

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