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horses stomach ulcers
I'm 15/f/USA and I own a dapple grey appendix quarter horse, 8yr. One of my trainers recently said he probably most definetly has stomach ulcers. My horse never stands still for one thing, he swerves all over the place. My trainer said probably cause of the ulcers. Now can someone please exactly tell how a horse can get stomach ulcers, what they are, why, the treatment for them, symptoms? I'm just curious because I want to get my horse better :]
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To the person below, yes, we aren't vets, but some people on here KNOW things.
And giving everyone a tip to google doesn't always help.
I used to love taking care of horses.
There's no true definition in how a horse got an ulcer, it just kind of happens.
Mine got them from the type of food, but there's so many different ways. Try checking up on some of this website that I found to be helpful:
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& also, all I know is that the ulcers appear by the level of their stomach acid, which they can get pills for to help balance it.
Treatment:
Ulcers can be treated by 1) treating the underlying disease and 2) placing the foal on anti-ulcer medications. The main ones we use are cimetidine and ranitidine and omeprazole. All 3 work well but cimetidine and ranitidine work in a slightly different way than omeprazole. Foals in our hospital that are being treated for other problems are typically placed on anti-ulcer medications as a preventative long before we suspect they have an ulcer.
Symptoms:
When you first get on him, he is very tight in the belly. When you put your leg on him to ask for trot, it's like putting your leg on a brick wall.
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We aren't vets on this site, so we can't give you solid information. Your best bet is to see a professional, like a veterinarian.
This might help you:
I hope your horse gets better soon! =]
-Laura. (16-f)
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