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Dunno about pasture potatos, but horses living in
confinement and not doing anything else have a pretty high rate--can't remember
the exact percentage. We saw quite a few cases of ulcers in foals raised
in box stalls, still on the mares, with mares getting high-concentrate
diets. And they certainly weren't stressed in any other way than
confinement and diet.
Heidi
PS: And yes, Howard, you can do A LOT to prevent
ulcers before they happen, just with good management and good feeding
practices.
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Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 10:33
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Subject: Re: [RC] Wine
Country/Gastroguard
Seems to me I read that ulcers in humans are being
successfully treated with antibiotics, leading many in the medical profession
to believe the many ulcers are caused by a infections rather than stress, diet
etc. Which leads me to wonder if the same ulcer test was done on a bunch
of pasture-potato horses...would the percentage of "positives" be about the
same as performance horses????
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