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====Temperament====
====Temperament====
A nervous disposition has been linked with gastric ulcers<ref>McClure, S.R, Glickman, L.T, Glickman, N.W (1999) Prevalence of gastric ulcers in show horses. ''J Am Vet Med Ass 215:1130-1133. In: In: Jonsson, H, Egenvall, A (2006) Prevalence of gastric ulceration in Swedish Standardbreds in race training. ''Equine Vet J'', 38(3):209-213.</ref>but the same association was not seen in another study.<ref>Vatistas, N.J, Snyder, J.R, Carlson, G, Johnson, B, Arthur, R.M, Thurmond, M, Zhou, H, Lloyd, L.K (1999) Cross-sectional study of gastric ulcers of the squamous mucosa in Thoroughbred racehorses. ''Equine Vet J Suppl'', 29:34-39. In: Jonsson, H, Egenvall, A (2006) Prevalence of gastric ulceration in Swedish Standardbreds in race training. ''Equine Vet J'', 38(3):209-213.</ref> The physiological and psychological stresses of training, housing, boredom, travel, mixing, hospitalisation and entering new environments<ref name="Vatistas 2">Vatistas, N.J, Sifferman, R.L, Holste, J, Cox, J.L, Pinalto, G, Schultz, K.T (1999) Induction and maintenance of gastric ulceration in horses in simulated race training. ''Equine Vet J Suppl'', 29:40-44</ref> may increase the risk of developing EGUS. In foals hypoxia may also be a risk factor.
A nervous disposition has been linked with gastric ulcers<ref>McClure, S.R, Glickman, L.T, Glickman, N.W (1999) Prevalence of gastric ulcers in show horses. ''J Am Vet Med Ass 215:1130-1133. In: In: Jonsson, H, Egenvall, A (2006) Prevalence of gastric ulceration in Swedish Standardbreds in race training. ''Equine Vet J'', 38(3):209-213.</ref>but the same association was not seen in another study.<ref>Vatistas, N.J, Snyder, J.R, Carlson, G, Johnson, B, Arthur, R.M, Thurmond, M, Zhou, H, Lloyd, L.K (1999) Cross-sectional study of gastric ulcers of the squamous mucosa in Thoroughbred racehorses. ''Equine Vet J Suppl'', 29:34-39. In: Jonsson, H, Egenvall, A (2006) Prevalence of gastric ulceration in Swedish Standardbreds in race training. ''Equine Vet J'', 38(3):209-213.</ref> The physiological and psychological stresses of training, housing, boredom, travel, mixing, hospitalisation and entering new environments<ref name="Vatistas 2">Vatistas, N.J, Sifferman, R.L, Holste, J, Cox, J.L, Pinalto, G, Schultz, K.T (1999) Induction and maintenance of gastric ulceration in horses in simulated race training. ''Equine Vet J Suppl'', 29:40-44</ref> may increase the risk of developing EGUS. In foals hypoxia may also be a risk factor.
'''Stress:''' induced by other clinical disorders has been reported to increase the prevalence of EGUS in the glandular mucosa of neonatal foals<ref name="Furr">Furr, M.O, Murray, M.J, Ferguson, D.C (1992) The effects of stress on gastric ulceration, T3, T4, reverse T3 and cortisol in neonatal foals. ''Equine Vet J'', 24:37-40.</ref> and a similar mechanism may exist for adult animals.<ref name="Vatistas 2">Vatistas, N.J, Sifferman, R.L, Holste, J, Cox, J.L, Pinalto, G, Schultz, K.T (1999) Induction and maintenance of gastric ulceration in horses in simulated race training. ''Equine Vet J Suppl'', 29:40-44</ref>
==Clinical syndrome==
==Clinical syndrome==