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    Re: [RC] Gastric Ulcers - Rides 2 Far

    
"When horses are denied access to food for 
> intermittent periods, gastric pH may fall rapidly and 
> within 48 hours large lesions develop"

So you withhold feed 12 hrs. so you can scope him, and within 48 hours he
gets a *large* ulcer? 

Angie

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