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===Other ailments===
 
===Other ailments===
 
    
 
    
Conditions that produce abdominal pain or inappetance are likely to reduce food intake and predipose to gastric ulcers (Sandin 2000).  This may be the reason that colic and other gastrointestinal disorders have been associated with EGUS (Murray 1989, 1992; Furr and Murray 1989(Murray 1992).  Alternatively, EGUS may be part of a more general gastrointestinal disease complex.(Vatistas 2 1999)  Stress induced by other clinical disorders has been reported to increase the prevalence of EGUS in neonatal foals (Furr et al. 1992) and a similar mechanism may exist for adult animals.(Vatistas 2 1999)
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Conditions that produce abdominal pain or inappetance are likely to reduce food intake and predipose to gastric ulcers (Sandin 2000).  This may be the reason that '''colic''' and other gastrointestinal disorders have been associated with EGUS (Murray 1989, 1992; Furr and Murray 1989(Murray 1992).  Alternatively, EGUS may be part of a more general gastrointestinal disease complex.(Vatistas 2 1999)  '''Stress''' induced by other clinical disorders has been reported to increase the prevalence of EGUS in neonatal foals (Furr et al. 1992) and a similar mechanism may exist for adult animals.(Vatistas 2 1999)
    
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