Gastric Ulcers as a Cause of Poor Performance in Horses

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March 4, 2022
Posted by Alexandra Beckstett

Learn how gastric ulcers affect equine performance and the best ways for treating them in actively competing horses.

Poor performance in horses can result from a single cause or a combination of factors, ranging from injury to illness. When trying to diagnose a medical reason for poor performance, veterinarians should always consider gastric ulcers as a potential problem. This is because these painful lesions are incredibly common in athletic horses. Fortunately, treatment and management methods are quite effective.

Frank M. Andrews, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM (LAIM), LVMA department head, equine committee professor, and director of the Equine Health Studies Program at Louisiana State University’s School of Veterinary Medicine, in Baton Rouge, described the association between gastric ulcers and equine performance and how to treat the condition during the 2021 American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Convention, held Dec. 4-8 in Nashville, Tennessee.

Why Equine Athletes Develop Ulcers

How we manage performance horses, which is contrary to their physiological needs, sets them up to get gastric ulcers...

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The Pros and Cons of Alfalfa: Could Your Horse Benefit?

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This forage plant is an excellent high-quality protein source for many types of horses ‒ but there are some that should not be consuming it.

By: Madeline Boast, MSc. Equine Nutrition | January 16, 2025

Alfalfa is a popular feed ingredient for horses, and for good reason! There are many positive nutritional features of this forage plant. However, not all horses benefit from alfalfa, and there are situations in which to exercise caution when feeding. Understanding the nutritional content of this plant can assist horse owners in making educated feeding decisions.

What is Alfalfa?

There are two main categories of forage plants fed to horses: grasses and legumes. Alfalfa is a legume. The nutritional difference between these two plant types depends on a variety of factors such as soil type, maturity at harvest, and weather conditions. The general nutritional differences are that grasses tend to be more fibrous and legumes have more leaf matter, resulting in higher protein and energy content.

Alfalfa can be added to the diet in a multitude of different ways. There is alfalfa hay, and processed forage options such as cubes and pellets. Additionally, this feed ingredient is incorporated into many pelleted equine products such as ration balancers and performance feeds...

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Travel First Aid Essentials For Horses

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What your vet wants you to pack in your travel equine first-aid kit to deal with three common emergency situations: colic, choke, and cuts.

By: Charlie Fiset | July 21, 2023

Whether you’re travelling to a show, a clinic, going camping with your horse, or just going on a day trip, it’s important to be as prepared for emergencies as possible. According to large-animal veterinarian Dr. Amy Gaw, choosing the right items for your travel first-aid kit is one of the best ways to be ready for any situation you can encounter on the road.

Dr. Gaw has been handling emergency calls in northern Ontario for over a decade. She currently practices out of Temiskaming Veterinary Services in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario. She kindly took time out between power floating horses to talk about a few essentials she wishes her clients would include in their travel first-aid kits.

For a comprehensive, itemized, and printable list of all items that should be included in your first-aid kit, check out Equine Guelph’s First-Aid Infosheet...

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The Bold and the Beautiful’s Katherine Kelly Lang Rides Into the New Year

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Here’s how Lang rang in 2025!

By Roger Froilan
Jan 03, 2025

Katherine Kelly Lang’s The Bold and the Beautiful character Brooke must feel like a yo-yo. She’s with Ridge, and then she’s not with Ridge in an endless, repeating cycle. That must be dizzying, to say the least. Thankfully in real life, Lang likes to relax in various ways and shed the drama of the show. She recently shared with her fans how she not only got away from it all but also ushered in the new year in style.

Lang wrote to her followers on Instagram: “Happy 2025! January 1st was a beautiful day! Tiffany and I just felt like running into the new year😆🌟🎉 Hope you started your year off with some good energy! 💪 #almarahtiffany #2025.” In a video that was part of her post, Lang blasted the iconic, fast-paced last portion of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s iconic and classic song Free Bird while riding her Arabian horse, Al-Marah Tiffany...

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Wyoming History: That Famous 1908 Horse Race From Evanston To Denver

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A $1,250 prize purse lured more than two dozen men to race on horseback 534 miles from Evanston, Wyoming, to Denver. The famous 1908 race was big news across the country, with a controversial finish for a Cody man who won.

Dale Killingbeck
December 29, 2024

It was billed as the race of bronco versus thoroughbred, and it ended with a wiry 33-year-old rider and former laundry wagon horse making Wyoming proud.

Across 534 miles of challenging terrain between Evanston, Wyoming, and Denver, 27 horses vied for Denver Post sponsored prizes worth $1,250 — with the winner promised $500.

In May 1908, Henry Ford was getting ready to release his Model T and former Rough Rider Teddy Roosevelt was still president.

The West remained a place for tests of endurance, and horse and riders looked to cross the Cowboy State and make it down to the Mile High City in the shortest time possible. The catch was the riders had to maintain a healthy horse.

“It is up to the men who are entered in this race to show the men of the East that when it comes to knowing a horse, when it comes to understanding man’s best friend, the Westerner does not take off his sombrero to a man from any country,” stated the Post’s rules, which were republished in Evanston’s The Wyoming Press on May 9, 1908.

There were 16 entrants from Colorado, three from Utah, six from Wyoming and one each from Nebraska and New Mexico...

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