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Treatment of gastric ulceration in 10 standardbred racehorses with a pectin‐lecithin complex
Author(s) -
Ferrucci F.,
Zucca E.,
Croci C.,
Di Fabio V.,
Ferro E.
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.152.22.679
Subject(s) - horse , medicine , gastroenterology , lecithin , gastric mucosa , stomach , biology , paleontology , biochemistry
The severity of the erosive and ulcerative lesions of the squamous gastric mucosa in 10 standardbred racehorses in training was classified according to a standard scoring system. Each horse was then treated orally for 30 days with 50g/l OOkg bodyweight daily of a pectin‐lecithin complex mixed into the feed. At the end of the period of treatment, the gastric lesions were re‐evaluated gastroscopically and the scores were compared with those assigned at the previous evaluation. In three of the horses the gastric ulcerations had healed completely, and in six others the lesions had improved significantly.