Can someone help me find this research please?

[Surbie]

I have lost my link to the study looking at the impact of restricting hay overnight/lower acid production overnight. If my brain is remembering this right. I think it was produced by a feed company, but I can't remember which.

Would someone with a better mental filing system than mine share a link please, if this is not too vague a description?

 

[jhoward]

May I suggest you hit Google ?

 

[Surbie]

I have tried that with no success.

 

[sassandbells]

Is it this one?

From Saracen:

Should We Reconsider The Way We Feed Hay To Good Doers? - Saracen Horse Feeds

Daytime forage deprivation may cause Equine Squamous Gastric Disease whereas night-time restriction in the same horses may not. So, using this information it seems appropriate to prioritise daytime forage over large haynets at night for good-doers if you can't feed ad-lib.

saracenhorsefeeds.com

The study:

Effect of a feed/fast protocol on pH in the proximal equine stomach - PubMed

Episodes of daytime feed deprivation should be avoided if possible, as proximal gastric acid exposure rapidly increases during such events.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

 

[Surbie]

Yes!! Thank you so much! Really appreciate it - your sleuthing skills are better than mine.

 

[paddy555]

there's another link for it from your horse

Feed 80% of forage during the day to reduce ulcer risk, says vet

He explains the ‘daytime forage bias’ and why utilising this means horses are far less likely to suffer from gastric ulcers

www.yourhorse.co.uk

 

[PurBee]

This is a omeprazole study showing volume of acid and ph values, showing reduced acid production at night in the control horses. (treated and control horses study)

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/12619951_Effects_of_intramuscular_omeprazole_on_gastric_acid_secretion_in_horses_over_a_twenty-four_hour_period

 

[Midlifecrisis]

Thank you for this study, I hadn’t been aware of it but it feels innately obvious and backs up this years decision to bring the girls in to load with forage during the day and then turn out on to bare paddocks overnight.

 

[Fullers1845]

Thanks, this was interesting to read as the cob I share gets fat on fresh air, and has been on restricted hay in the stable at night.

 

[Skib]

An academic foot note. For future use when one cant find an article on academic research.

Just as Google Books lists most published books, the website Google scholar lists academic articles published in journals.
I went to google scholar and put in the author Lister and too many choices came up with authors surname Lister. But when I put in Lister and the word horse, up came the article you are citing.

Edited to say that Google Scholar lists digital material. It does not always list earlier work published in printed journals.

 

[Elno]

Very interesting read! I have recently been forced to put my fatty on a diet from gaining too much weight from ad lib hay, and reading this I no longer feel the need to have a very bad conscious and fear of ulcers for restricting him during the night.