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Hoffman, Rhonda M.

doi:10.1016/b978-0-7020-3422-0.00008-0

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“…In the current study, the diet of the mares before they returned to the University was unknown, and it is possible that they had been fed high-starch diets, as is common for brood mares. During the study, the horses consumed 0.45 g of starch/kg bodyweight (on average), which is lower than the maximum of 1 g/kg of BW/meal or 2 g/kg of BW/day advised by Luthersson et al [7] and lower than when feeding traditional high-starch sweet or pelleted feeds [43]. After returning to the University, the horses did not receive compound complementary feed prior to entering the study.…”

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confidence: 89%

Changes in Management Lead to Improvement and Healing of Equine Squamous Gastric Disease

Kranenburg

Poel

Warmelink

et al. 2023

Animals

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Equine squamous gastric disease (ESGD) is common in horses and poses a serious welfare problem. Several risk factors have been identified and ESGD is routinely treated with omeprazole. Fourteen mares, previously used as embryo recipients and diagnosed with ESGD, were selected. Horses were confined to individual stalls, exercised once daily, and fed ad libitum hay, 1 kg of a low starch compound complementary feed and a mineral supplement. Half of the horses received a compound containing hydrolysed collagen (supplement) and the other half did not (control). At the start of the study, ESGD scores were 3.57 and 3.36 for the supplement and control group, respectively. After 4 weeks, the ESGD grades were significantly reduced in both groups (1.89 and 1.43, respectively, p < 0.01), and healing (ESGD < 2) occurred in 7 out of 14 horses. No treatment effect was observed (p = 0.75), and it was concluded that the change in husbandry overshadowed any potential effect of the compound. Severe ESGD can improve, and even heal, with the provision of a diet of ad libitum forage and a small amount of a compound complementary feed, without the use of omeprazole. A predictable daily routine, with a limited number of dedicated caretakers, may have contributed to the improvement of gastric health.

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confidence: 89%