applestroodle
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Does anyone no what supplements/feed would help this?
Gastric ulsers
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Paint it Lucky
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Generally gastirc ulcers are a sign of not enough feed particularly fibre so feeding more is the best way to prevent them. Horse are meant to eat for at least 14hrs a day on sparsh fibrous grazing, their stomach produces acid all the time so they should be eating most of the time to use up this acid otherwise ulcers will form. But they go away surprisingly quickly once the horse starts being fed regulalry and sufficiently.
So I would say hay, chaffs and grass are the best feeds to minimise gastirc ulcers. Has your horse been diagnosed with them? And what feed do you give currently? There is a supplement called settelex which is good for this sort of thing, but is not a long term solution, really you need to look at your horse's diet and lifestyle and work out what may be causing the ulcers, generally it is down to incorrect feeding but stress and stereotypies can also cause them
So I would say hay, chaffs and grass are the best feeds to minimise gastirc ulcers. Has your horse been diagnosed with them? And what feed do you give currently? There is a supplement called settelex which is good for this sort of thing, but is not a long term solution, really you need to look at your horse's diet and lifestyle and work out what may be causing the ulcers, generally it is down to incorrect feeding but stress and stereotypies can also cause them
mlm
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limestone flour is what we gave our pony
druid
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Gastric ulcers have 2 causes
1) Bacterial infection of the stomach lining by H.Pylori, this can be detected by an over the counter blood test. Treat is a duo of strng anti-biotics ples 28 days of omeperazole and antacids (gaviscon)
2) Acidosis either from inherent over production of acid or from stress induced over production. Treat is 28-42 days of Omeperazole.
A gastroscope is needed to assess the levels of ulceration present.
After treatment the horse needs ablib access to long stem forage, be it grass, hay or haylage (soaked if necessary) or even straw for fatties. Hard feed should be something low starch, high fibre and oil - Winergy, Redmills Horse Care and D&H Staypower all fit the bill. Feed hsould be in a minimum of 3 small feeds but 4 is better. At least half of every meal should be fibre (chaff/chop) - Molichop Herbi is popular. Feeding a handful of alfalfa cubes/chaff before the main feed will coat the stomach with calcium which soothes it - the addition of limestone flour to feeds has the same effect.
1) Bacterial infection of the stomach lining by H.Pylori, this can be detected by an over the counter blood test. Treat is a duo of strng anti-biotics ples 28 days of omeperazole and antacids (gaviscon)
2) Acidosis either from inherent over production of acid or from stress induced over production. Treat is 28-42 days of Omeperazole.
A gastroscope is needed to assess the levels of ulceration present.
After treatment the horse needs ablib access to long stem forage, be it grass, hay or haylage (soaked if necessary) or even straw for fatties. Hard feed should be something low starch, high fibre and oil - Winergy, Redmills Horse Care and D&H Staypower all fit the bill. Feed hsould be in a minimum of 3 small feeds but 4 is better. At least half of every meal should be fibre (chaff/chop) - Molichop Herbi is popular. Feeding a handful of alfalfa cubes/chaff before the main feed will coat the stomach with calcium which soothes it - the addition of limestone flour to feeds has the same effect.
Judie
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British Grooms Association
Look at the last article on the latest news page, there is quite a write up about it with some useful links.
Look at the last article on the latest news page, there is quite a write up about it with some useful links.
Nari
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My horse was never diagnosed with ulcers (I was reluctant to have him scoped as I knew it would stress him) but at my vet's suggestion I've put him on Equine Americas U-Gard Plus to try & reduce his cribbing & colic. The results havebeen frankly amazing! He's stopped cribbing (o I still cribbox his door but that never stopped him before) & is eating literally twice as much hay - ad lib is now proving expensive but very satisfying!
I'd tried loads of supplements before to no effect & he'd always had access to adlib hay but would rather crib than eat.
I'd tried loads of supplements before to no effect & he'd always had access to adlib hay but would rather crib than eat.
Faithkat
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Good article on gastric ulcers in the latest Horse magazine
Weezy
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Coligone - honestly it DOES work. I feed it as a supplement anyway, but it stopped my suckers from sucking and I cannot praise it highly enough.