Pegasus Health Limestone Flour

Pegasus Health

Limestone Flour for horses is a popular and economic way of supplementing your horse with calcium - which is essential for the healthy growth and maintenance of teeth, bones and hooves as well as benefiting all-round general good health.

Calcium ensures strong, true skeleton development and keeps teeth resilient and healthy. Calcium is also important for blood clotting, good muscle function and the regulation and balancing of many enzymes in the body.

Finely-ground Limestone Flour is a rich source of calcium carbonate obtained from the rocks known as limestone.

Limestone Flour contains:

• Approximately 97% calcium carbonate
• 3% magnesium carbonate
• 1% other trace minerals

Feed to:

• Mares in the latter stages of pregnancy
• Lactating mares
• Working horses on cereal-based diets
• Young horses who are still growing

100% Limestone Flour (Calcium carbonate).

Weight	g per day
Horses & Ponies	30 - 50

A 3 kilo tub fed at 50g per day will last 60 days.

Limestone Flour for horses is an equine supplement made from the naturally-occurring mineral called limestone - also known as calcium carbonate - by grinding it down to create a flour-like powder.



Many traditional equine diet staples, such as oats, bran and barley, can cause an imbalance in the optimum ratio of calcium to phosphorus needed for robust horse health and performance.



Calcium and phosphorus work closely together, and horses need about twice as much calcium in the diet as phosphorus (a 2:1 calcium to phosphorus ratio).



Cereals typically contain four times as much phosphorus to calcium (a 1:4 calcium to phosphorus ratio) while bran has a ratio of around 1:11 calcium to phosphorus.



This means that with its rich calcium content, Limestone Flour for horses is a useful supplement for horses on a high concentrate or cereal-based diet.



Lack of calcium has been linked to Developmental Orthopaedic Disease, or abnormalities of the skeleton, in some young, fast-growing horses.


Limestone Flour for horses can also be useful as a source of extra calcium for mares in the latter stages of pregnancy or when lactating.



Bones are the main area where a horse’s body stores calcium. The bones of a horse are usually around 35% calcium. When the body is running low on calcium, the stores in the bones are quickly withdrawn which can lead to bone weakness.



Calcium carbonate, or limestone, is a common substance found in rock in all parts of the world, and is the main constituent of the shells of marine organisms like snails and pearls as well as eggshells.

Calcium carbonate is found in chalk, marble and dolomite as well as limestone.