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Heaves, or Equine Asthma, is more common than you think, and the early stages often have no obvious symptoms 

  • Heaves also known as severe Equine Asthma affects 14–17% of horses in countries in the Northern Hemisphere with a cool climate. 
  • Mild-moderate Equine Asthma affects 68–77% of pleasure horses and up to 80% of racehorses

    (Couetil et al., 2020). 



Horses inhale up to 4.6 million ARD particles in every breath while their nose hovers over their hay, this is the biggest contributing factors to heaves. Steaming hay with a Haygain Hay Steamer solves this problem

  • A key cause of respiratory diseases such as heaves is mold. Mold spores thrive within moist hay and are invisible to the naked eye.
  • Hay can contain 932,090 Airborne Respirable Dust (ARD) particles per litre of air. The average horse can move 5 litres of air in and out of the lungs with each respiratory cycle.
  • This means, 4.6 million Airborne Respirable Dust particles are inhaled during every breath while their nose hovers over their hay.

    (Journal of Equine Veterinary Science Moore-Colyer et al., 2015) 

Did you know?

Steaming hay with a Haygain Hay Steamer eliminates up to 99% respirable dust particles, killing mold, bacteria, fungal spores and mite faeces.

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Haygain is the only equestrian company in the world to be official team supplier to the United States, British and German national equestrian teams.
Haygain is the only equestrian company in the world to be official team supplier to the United States, British and German national equestrian teams.

The German

 Equestrian Federation

Horses inhale up to 4.6 million ARD particles in every breath while their nose hovers over their hay, this is the biggest contributing factors to heaves. Steaming hay with a Haygain Hay Steamer solves this problem

  • A key cause of respiratory diseases such as heaves is mold. Mold spores thrive within moist hay and are invisible to the naked eye.
  • Hay can contain 932,090 Airborne Respirable Dust (ARD) particles per litre of air. The average horse can move 5 litres of air in and out of the lungs with each respiratory cycle.
  • This means, 4.6 million Airborne Respirable Dust particles are inhaled during every breath while their nose hovers over their hay.(Journal of Equine Veterinary Science Moore-Colyer et al., 2015) 

Did you know?

Steaming hay with a Haygain Hay Steamer eliminates up to 99% respirable dust particles, killing mold, bacteria, fungal spores and mite faeces.

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Haygain is the only equestrian company in the world to be official team supplier to the United States, British and German national equestrian teams.

The German

 Equestrian Federation

Why choose Haygain Hay Steamers?


Improve respiratory health and keep your horse breathing easy

In extreme heaves cases, corticosteroids and bronchodilators provide immediate relief of clinical symptoms, but their long-term use is not sustainable. There is overwhelming evidence for the effectiveness of Haygain steamed hay in reducing Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) respiratory diseases in horses, in fact no other method tested in the study was found to be as effective.

There is strong evidence to support the effectiveness of Haygain steamed hay in reducing Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) respiratory diseases in horses. In fact, no other method tested in the study was found to be as effective (Dauvillier, Woort and van Erck‐Westergren, 2018). 

Long-term management of heaves

The single most important treatment for heaves is to improve the environment to reduce exposure to dust and molds. Medication will alleviate clinical signs of disease, however, respiratory disease will return after medication is discontinued if the horse remains in a dusty, moldy environment (www.ksvhc.org, n.d.).


Reducing Allergens is the best way to reduce allergies

Sensitivity to one allergen often increases your horse’s sensitivity to other allergens, compounding the challenges for horses with heaves. Haygain’s ability to significantly reduce the many allergens in hay helps to prevent this hypersensitivity spiral. 
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Reducing Allergens is the best way to reduce allergies

Sensitivity to one allergen often increases your horse’s sensitivity to other allergens, compounding the challenges for horses with heaves. Haygain’s ability to significantly reduce the many allergens in hay helps to prevent this hypersensitivity spiral. 


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The Power of Prevention 


Horses fed steamed hay from a Haygain Hay Steamer were 65% less likely to develop Inflammatory Airway Disease according to a large scale study

Haygain Hay Steamers can help all the horses in your barn, not only those affected by heaves. Feeding virtually dust-free forage to your heaves horse helps reduce the overall quantity of airborne dust in the whole stableFor healthy horses, Haygain is a powerful tool for keeping them that way. Results from a large-scale study demonstrate that feeding Haygain Steamed Hay reduces risk of Inflammatory Airway Disease (mild equine asthma) occurrence by 65% (Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine Dauvillier, Woort and van Erck‐Westergren, 2018).

Your horse deserves the best care

Two out of three horse owners consider their horses to be family members and 56% of horse owners view their horse to be their best friend.

What about Soaking Hay?

  • Soaking only dampens down the respirable particles and only by 90%; the bacteria, mold and fungal spores are ingested and can elicit an inflammatory response (even a 10 minute soak increases bacteria by 150%!)
  • Soaking reduces the palatability of hay and significant levels of important nutrients are lost
  • Soaking is harmful on the environment as it can use 16-26 gallons of water that, post soaking, is 9x more polluting than raw sewage


What about Soaking Hay?

  • Soaking only dampens down the respirable particles and only by 90%; the bacteria, mold and fungal spores are ingested and can elicit an inflammatory response (even a 10 minute soak increases bacteria by 150%!)
  • Soaking reduces the palatability of hay and significant levels of important nutrients are lost
  • Soaking is harmful on the environment as it can use 16-26 gallons of water that, post soaking, is 9x more polluting than raw sewage


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Haygain Hay Steamers helped these horses manage their heaves for happier horses and owners 

Tipper the Twice-Rescued Horse
Tipper, the Twice Rescued Horse, saved from slaughter then, later, from heaves by an owner determined to find a solution. “It almost makes me cry,” Jennifer says. “It’s really amazing. Haygain saved her life.”
Loyal's Heaves Story
Melissa "After not even three days on steamed hay, he was not coughing," Melissa reports. "He's back in normal work. He's peppy, happy, and talking all the time again. He's ready to go to work. "
Sunni's Heaves Story
Whendy "It got so bad that, if I hadn't had steroids on hand, she would have dropped dead... Her life is changed," Whendy reports of Sunni. "There's no more coughing, she can breathe."
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Haygain Steamed Hay is relied on by both Olympic equestrians and “regular” horse owners, and all who prioritize their horse’s health and well-being. 

Over 80% of top ranked show jumpers, dressage and eventing riders globally rely on Haygain Steamed Hay to improve their horses well-being and keep them at peak sporting performance.

McLain Ward

Team USA 

“We are incredibly happy to have added the Haygain Hay Steamer to our program, and quickly noticed an increase in the quality of our horses’ breathing, especially in those with respiratory problems. In addition, we’ve noticed the hay is easier to chew and digest which is always a concern for the older horses.”

Jessica Springsteen

Team USA

“I love using Haygain Steamed Hay because it helps improve my horses’ respiratory conditions and stops them from coughing, with Haygain’s help, I can make sure the hay wherever I go is never dusty and it’s bacteria free, so my horses don’t have any issues during competitions."

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Dr. Emmanuelle van Erck Westergren 

Veterinarian 

"Haygain hay steamers are a simple, fool proof solution to improve our horse’s respiratory health. I recommend it for my patients and those owners who have adopted it really see the daily benefit it brings to their horses and would not revert to normal hay; and the horses love it!” 

Wren Burnley DVM

 Veterinarian & GP Dressage Rider

"I never want to go back to soaking hay again; as an asthmatic and an athlete myself, I cannot stick my nose in a regular bale of hay, but I can in a bale that has come out of the Haygain machine!" 

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