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What can you do to protect your horse’s sensitive stomach against gastric disease?
The steps you take to care for your horse both immediately after a competition and once you’re back home are important to his athletic longevity.
Dr. Frank Andrews describes how you can reduce your horse’s risk of hindgut ulcers while helping him safely lose weight.
Dr. Mary Beth Gordon describes common treatment protocols for hindgut ulcers in horses and the role horse owners play in treatment.
Dr. Frank Andrews describes signs that might indicate hindgut problems in horses, from lethargy and colic to diarrhea and weight loss, in this Ask TheHorse excerpt.
Dr. Mary Beth Gordon outlines the essential role of the hindgut in horse digestion.
Find out whether a horse diagnosed with ulcers should be on a special diet.
Learn about 5 reasons to use complementary therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic for your horse and the research behind them.
Learn to read the vast and varied signs of equine gastric ulcer syndrome.
Consider the horse’s lameness history and gradually increase varied exercises to manage these mounts, one veterinarian says.
Researchers examined the relationship between gastric ulcers and the microbiome in the lower portion of the horse’s stomach.
Research shows slight shifts in the horse’s intestinal microbiome can have far-reaching effects.
Getting back to basics and simplifying meals might be the key to keeping the horse’s hindgut healthy and functioning properly.
Find out what researchers are learning about the biomechanics of the barefoot hoof.
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