Ginger for horses

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tullulahjay

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Hi,

Ok so i have had a biopsy come back on my horse as he was recently scoped for ulcers and there was like a rather boil like lump very near his stomach intestine.

They have come back and they said that the cells are inflamed and that he is now have to go on 3 weeks of gastroguard and 2 weeks of antibiotics.

Can anyone tell me I have noticed that some say ginger is very good for horses. Does anyone use ginger. I am trying to see if anyone uses it and if so how much.

I would also love to hear from you your experiences with Ginger :-)
 
Ginger is a known gut irritant for some, so I wouldn't be thinking of feeding it to a horse with ulcers. I would be going for yeast extract or yea-sacc (the live version). For a more convenient all in one, I'd consider haylage balancer, as it's designed to reduce acidity. :)
 
Thats interesting as one of the things that I have found on google is that ginger can reduce the gas in there stomach.

It is also stated that it is great for blood circulation and for antiflam.

I have tried haylage balance although he isnt on haylage no more. It didnt have the slightest effect on him :-(

He is just over 600kg so he is a fairly big boy, so hard trying to find out what is wrong with our horses. If only they can talk.
 
tullulahjay said:
Thats interesting as one of the things that I have found on google is that ginger can reduce the gas in there stomach.

It is also stated that it is great for blood circulation and for antiflam.
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Google isn't always your friend. I remember ginger being one of the things used to STIMULATE irritation in models of IBS - I worked in a gastro-intestinal disease area and whilst I was working in the small intestine (so to speak!), I did collaborate with colleagues who studied IBS. Not well up on the stomach, but what gas are they talking about? Intestinal gas from bacteria? Or stomach gas from the intake of air with food? If the latter, ginger *may* reduce gas in the stomach by promoting 'gastric emptying', but there's actually very limited research on that. If the gas is emptied into the intestine, then you're not reducing it, you're simply shifting it on.

I just did a quick google to see what came up and the first website I looked at even listed irritation and IBS as a side effect of ginger. In your situation (ulcers - intestinal OR gastric - your post isn't clear) I stand by my first post. I wouldn't feed it. :)
 
Ah thank you I have also researched into liquorice roots as well and that is supposed to be good as well.

I am a tad confused at the mo lol
 
My horse has a few gut related issues and I have started feeding Dengie's new Healthy Tummy which contains ginger and it seems to have sorted out his loose-ness. I don't think it will be of any detriment to your horse to give ginger a go.
 
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