The current research is showing that most (90%) performance horses have > ulcers and there's a good
I find this hard to believe....Cora ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Sofen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:25 AM Subject: RE: [RC] Ulcer Research/USA Druggies? >chance that your barrel horse had one. The > problem is, in horses, the symptoms can be very subtle or even invisible, so > it would be inappropriate to assume your old horse didn't have one. > > Endurance can make the ulcer more visible due to the stress of competition, > but not always - again, the symptoms often mimic other issues, and some > horses are just plain stoic. Like I mentioned, there are a number of > environmental factors that can cause the initial ulcer: an extended Bute > treatment, stall confinement, inadequate turnout, inadequate forage in the > diet, among others. With a nervous horse, just trailering to an event might > be enough to cause an ulcer, although I'd bet that the other environmental > factors had already set up the horse to be susceptible to the problem. > > Mike Sofen > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Roby, Diane > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 7:06 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [RC] Ulcer Research/USA Druggies? > > > I'm new to this group and to endurance/distance riding also so I don't > understand the statement "we're riding horses with ulcers already" Is this > common to competition horses as a group or just endurance? Is this because > the sport is so stressful to the horse? Are the ulcers like ones people get > when they worry too much or eat or drink the wrong things or take medicines > that are too strong? > > I ran barrels and poles with my horse as a kid and he never had any of these > kinds of problems. Maybe cause I didn't put too much stress on him or maybe > he just enjoyed it too much. I have a horse now after 20 years of not being > able to have one and want to do LD to start and then 50's but not at the > expense of my horse's health. I'll just to trail rides if it comes to that. > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
