I have a horse that had stomach ulcers. She was depressed looking, she would kick up when we girthed the saddle. So for awhile we had our vet come and give her a B-12 shot, that would pick her up for alittle while, we tryed that a few times, then she lost interest in her grain, she was still really depressed, the herd she was in, started singling her out(she was already low in the herd). So we loaded her up and took her to our equine hospital in NH, and found out sure enough it was stomach ulcers. So treatment began. She is fine now. This was a couple of years ago.
We think she got it because she is low in the herd and holds all of her stress in, we think the importing was one of the biggies, and then she was bred when imported, so then she foaled and was taken away from her foal a year later. Some horses just deal with everything differently. Always watch for mood changes in your horse. Getting stomach ulcers also has a big effect on the immune system, because the summer after she was treated, she got summer excema. Krista in Maine www.bricelandics.com
