Product Description
A nutrient release formula feed for adult horses requiring a restricted calorie diet or reduced feeding rate to maintain a healthy body condition. Sentinel® Simply Lite is a balanced and concentrated feed with lower fat for easy keepers, ponies and miniature horses that do not need additional calories for maintenance. This unique formula may also be fed to certain horses where maintenance of digestive and metabolic health is a challenge. An extruded feed, Sentinel Simply Lite 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.
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.
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 | 13.0% |
| Lysine, min | 1.0% |
| Methionine, min | 0.50% |
| Threonine, min | 0.75% |
| Crude Fat, min | 3.5% |
| Crude Fiber, max | 17.5% |
| Acid Detergent Fiber, max | 21.0% |
| Neutral Detergent Fiber, max | 36.0% |
| Dietary Starch, max | 12.0% |
| Sugar, max | 4.2% |
| Calcium, min | 1.75% |
| Calcium, max | 2.25% |
| Phosphorus, min | 1.0% |
| Copper, min | 160 ppm |
| Manganese, min | 375 ppm |
| Selenium, min | 2.0 ppm |
| Zinc min | 500 ppm |
| Vitamin A, min | 14,000 IU/lb |
| Vitamin E, min | 500 IU/lb |
| Biotin, min | 1.5 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, Soybean Hulls, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Ground Corn, Wheat Flour, Cane Molasses, Calcium Carbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Corn Distillers Dried Grains, Flaxseed, Yeast Culture, Calcite, Salt, Soybean Oil, L-Lysine, Reed-Sedge Peat, DL-Methionine, Threonine, Magnesium Oxide, DL-α-Tocopherol Acetate, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Selenium Yeast, Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Sulfate, Yeast Extract, Calcium Sulfate, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Sulfate, D-α-Tocopherol Acetate (Source of Natural Vitamin E), Copper Amino Acid Complex, Copper Sulfate, Biotin, Rice Hulls, Vitamin B12 Supplement, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), 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, Ferrous Sulfate, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus Licheniformis Fermentation Product, Niacin Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Sodium Selenite, Riboflavin Supplement, 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).
Nutrition Notes
- Crafting Diets For Hard And Easy Keeper Horses
- The Scoop on Supplements: Where to Begin and What to Look For
- Stay in the Saddle: Sentinel Nutrition Team is Your Go-To for Equine Nutrition News
- Golden Advice for Feeding Horses in Their Golden Years
- Applying equine nutrition in clinical settings with Abby Geick, DVM
Feeding Directions
SENTINEL SIMPLY LITE is formulated for mature horses requiring a lower calorie diet or a reduced grain feeding rate such as easy-keepers, ponies and miniature horses. Sentinel Simply Lite may also be fed to horses when a low starch and sugar diet is recommended for maintenance of digestive and metabolic health and additional calories are not needed to maintain good body condition – consult with an equine nutritionist for a recommended diet.
The suggested feeding program is intended solely as a guide. Adjust the feeding of Sentinel Simply Lite according to individual needs and condition of the horse. The variable of management, environment, and breed may dictate changes in the horse’s dietary requirements.
Provide good-quality hay or pasture, free-choice salt and plenty of fresh water.
Approximate feed weight to volume: 0.75 lb = 1 quart.
| Horse Class | Age | Suggested Feeding Range* |
|---|---|---|
| ADULT-Standard Size | ||
| Maintenance | Mature | 1-2 lb/day |
| Light Exercise | Mature | 2 – 3 lb/day |
| Pregnant Mare, First 6 Months | Mature | 2 – 3 lb/day |
| ADULT-Draft | Mature | 3 – 4 lb/day |
| Adult – Pony & Miniature | ||
| Mature | 0.15 – 0.25 lb/100 lb body weight | |
Suggested program is based on offering grass or mixed grass hays. If feeding legume hays or rich pasture, or if SENTINEL SIMPLY LITE 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 is the animal’s dietary requirements.
Store in a cool dry place. This product is perishable and may degrade if not consumed in a timely manner or not stored consistent with these instructions. Do not feed this product if it appears to be unfit for animal consumption.
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.
