no edit summary
Line 7: Line 7:       −
====Horse====
+
====[[Gastric Ulceration - Horse]]====
[[Gastric Ulceration - all species]]
  −
* Affects the pars oesophagea (margo plicatus) in adults and foals.
  −
* Due to '''parasites''' - ''Gasterophilus'' (Bots).
  −
* Bots are not as common as they once were.
  −
* Look like big pink maggots.
  −
* Killed by Ivermectin. 
  −
* ''Gasterophilus'' leave large ulcers in glandular regions of the [[Forestomach - Anatomy & Physiology|stomach]].
  −
** Ulcers / erosions are quite deep.
  −
* The parasites are believed to be non-pathogenic, but in large numbers they probably produce some discomfort and poor growth.
  −
* Carcinoma can also produce ulceration in the [[Forestomach - Anatomy & Physiology|stomach]] of the horse as, in other species.
     −
* In foals, the glandular area may sometimes be affected.
  −
** This may be e.g. stress-related, or due to used of NSAIDs.
      
====Dog====
 
====Dog====
Author, Donkey, Bureaucrats, Administrators
53,803

edits