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===Other ailments===

===Other ailments===

    

    

Conditions that produce abdominal pain and/or inappetance are likely to reduce food intake and predipose to gastric ulcers.<ref name="Sandin">Sandin, A, Skidell, J, Haggstrom, J, Nilsson, G (2000) ''Postmortem'' findings of gastric ulcers in Swedish horses older than age one year: a retrospective study of 3715 horses (1924–1996).  ''Equine Vet J'', 32(1):36-42.</ref>  This may be the reason that '''colic''' and other gastrointestinal disorders have been associated with EGUS (Furr and Murray 1989(Murray 1992).  Alternatively, EGUS may be part of a more general gastrointestinal disease complex.<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>  '''Stress''' induced by other clinical disorders has been reported to increase the prevalence of EGUS in neonatal foals<ref>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>

Conditions that produce abdominal pain and/or inappetance are likely to reduce food intake and predipose to gastric ulcers.<ref name="Sandin">Sandin, A, Skidell, J, Haggstrom, J, Nilsson, G (2000) ''Postmortem'' findings of gastric ulcers in Swedish horses older than age one year: a retrospective study of 3715 horses (1924–1996).  ''Equine Vet J'', 32(1):36-42.</ref>  This may be the reason that '''colic''' and other gastrointestinal disorders have been associated with EGUS.<ref>Furr, M.O, Murray, M.J (1989) Treatment of gastric ulcers in horses with histamine type 2 receptor antagonists.  ''Equine Vet J Suppl'', 7:77-79.</ref> Alternatively, EGUS may be part of a more general gastrointestinal disease complex.<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>  '''Stress''' induced by other clinical disorders has been reported to increase the prevalence of EGUS in 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>

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