Protect
Your baseline for parasite burden, heavy metals, and micronutrient status.
A foundational screening package combining fecal egg count, toxic heavy metal screening, and broad elemental profiling. Built for baseline health records, nutrient monitoring, and early detection of environmental or digestive stress.
Shipping included · Canada-wide
Why Protect exists
Most equine health screening stops at blood work or waits for obvious symptoms. But by the time a horse shows clear signs of a problem — whether it's parasite burden, heavy metal accumulation, or mineral imbalance — the issue has often been developing for months.
Protect was built to change that. It's a foundational screening package that combines parasite assessment, toxic metal screening, and comprehensive elemental profiling into a single, practical panel. The goal is simple: establish a clear baseline early, before small shifts become visible problems.
This isn't just about catching deficiencies. Protect is equally valuable for identifying excess, imbalance, unintended accumulation, and poor utilization. It's a tool for understanding what's actually happening inside the horse — not just what's being fed.
Beyond deficiency screening
Protect can catch excess or unexpected accumulation in situations like kelp supplementation, off-label nutraceutical use, supplements with higher-than-labelled micronutrient content, or stacked supplementation programs. It's also useful for identifying unclear mineral exposure from feed and environment combinations that aren't obvious from ingredient lists.
The panel reveals not just what minerals are present, but patterns of accumulation, absorption, and throughput. This makes it valuable for nutritionists assessing whether a horse is actually utilizing what's being provided — or whether there's high passage and low absorption despite adequate intake on paper.
Pairing with Clarity Core
Protect becomes especially powerful when used alongside Clarity Core feed and forage analysis.
Clarity Core shows what micronutrients are going in through the ration — feed, forage, supplements, and additives. Protect shows what's actually being retained and what's coming out. Comparing the two helps identify whether the horse is absorbing appropriately, or whether there may be high passage, low absorption, or antagonistic mineral interactions blocking uptake. This is a particularly valuable use case for nutritionists managing complex ration programs.
Best for
Establishing a baseline health profile for new horses or new owners
Proactive barns building comprehensive health records
Vague or early-stage concerns that need objective data
Monitoring nutrient status and mineral balance over time
Checking for unexpected accumulation or imbalance
Horses on complex supplementation programs needing verification
Nutritionists assessing absorption and passage patterns
Pre-purchase screening or annual health reviews
$159
includes collection kit · results in 2–3 weeks
Shipping included · Canada-wide
What's included
Protect combines four analytical components into a single foundational screening package.
Fecal Egg Count (FEC)
Quantifies parasite egg burden to support targeted deworming decisions. Helps identify high shedders and assess parasite management effectiveness without relying on blanket deworming protocols.
Heavy Metal Screening
Screens for toxic metal exposure including lead, mercury, cadmium, arsenic, and aluminum. These metals accumulate silently from soil, water, forage, and environmental sources — often without obvious symptoms until burden is significant.
Full Elemental / Micronutrient Panel
Comprehensive profiling of 28+ elements covering macrominerals, trace minerals, and other elements. This isn't just about deficiencies — it reveals accumulation patterns, mineral interactions, and throughput that standard blood work misses.
Digital Portal Results
Results delivered through the Metaboly platform with automatically calculated ratios where relevant. Not just raw numbers — interpreted data that connects to your horse's broader health record.
Full analyte inventory
Protect screens for 28+ elements across macrominerals, trace minerals, toxic metals, and other elements. Automatically calculated ratios are included where relevant.
Macrominerals
Trace Minerals
Toxic Metals
Other Elements
Frequently asked questions
Ready to establish a baseline?
Protect provides the foundational data you need to understand parasite burden, heavy metal exposure, and micronutrient status — all in a single screening package.