Category: Equine GI Management

When it comes to the gastrointestinal health of our patients, equine veterinarians are highly aware of the widespread nature of gastric ulceration, especially for horses used in competition and professional settings. We also deal with colic as the top cause of medical death in horses, and we’re called upon regularly to diagnose and treat bacterial imbalances, diarrhea and other GI upsets.

Extensive research conducted by Freedom Health LLC, and independently at the University of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine, is shifting the spotlight in equine gastrointestinal (GI) disease towards the hindgut, and specifically disorders of the mucosal lining. Still, these disorders remain largely under-reported. Indeed, the number of published articles relating to gastric ulcer syndrome over the past year number in the region of 900, whilst those published in reference to colonic inflammation and/or ulceration number just nine.