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Re: [RC] [RC] Susan's extra day at convention? - Susan Garlinghouse, DVM

Before I answer Howard's ulcer question, lemme answer one other questions I
received privately from a bunch of folks about convention.  The question was
were there going to be tapes or something made of the lectures and the
answer is yes, the media committee is planning to tape the talks (at least
mine, I don't know about any others) and will then put them into some sort
of transcript or article to put in EN and/or the AERC website in some form.

I'd like to ask you a question about Ulcers.  Is there a method of
preventing them?  Can an owner safely give their horses something similar
to
Gastro guard (the cheaper stuff), while competing, with the goal being
ulcers become one less thing to worry about?

I don't think we know enough about ulcers in endurance horses to know
everything there is about how to prevent them, short of putting the horse in
pasture and leaving him there for the rest of his life.  We do know that
stress, exercise, high concentrate rations (and I mean grain), parasites and
long periods without eating all contribute.  Lots of other factors, like
electrolyte concentrations in the stomach, can further irritate an existing
ulcer, but not electrolyting may have significant consequences as well,
depending on the horse and conditions.  To what extent everything
contributes, we just don't know.  Undoubtedly, it's probably individual to
each horse to a large extent based on how they react to given stressors.  I
think some things are pretty consistent---ie, high grain rations are a risk
factor, period, and I don't care who is trying to tell you 20 lbs of grain a
day is fine.  Long periods without eating is a risk factor, period---we just
don't know how long is too long, because different types of feeds all leave
the stomach at different rates.  IMO, that's a critical question that still
needs to be fully answered.

Can the generic version of Gastroguard be used to prevent and heal
ulcers---IMO, anything is better than nothing if you can't swing the cost
for the real thing.  However, there is a valid study, reasonably
independent, that demonstrated the cheap stuff isn't as effective as the
Gastroguard.  As far as I know, benefits from the practice of feeding aloe
juice is fairly anecdotal, but might still be worthwhile if you knew your
horse had ulcers and you personally saw some improvement in clinical signs.

Anyway, I don't think there are simple answers at this point.  Minimizing
the risk factors is a big start in the right direction.  I have to do some
time rummaging around the literature before convention, I'll let you know
what I find.

Susan G

cya,
Howard  (Truman, if that question can be worded better, haha, please, feel
free)


From: "Susan Garlinghouse, DVM" <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "Susan Garlinghouse, DVM" <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Nina Vasiliev" <rides4fun@xxxxxxxxxxx>,<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RC]   Susan's extra day at convention?
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2004 21:50:04 -0700

Hi,

There was some talk of Susan Garlinghouse perhaps doing a full day of
talks
the day before the AERC convention.  Anyone know if that's happening
this
year?

Sorry to be late answering this.  There are plans in the works to do an
all-day nutrition and physiology seminar associated with the convention,
but
it will probably happen in '05.  We're pursuing corporate sponsorship so
that the costs to AERC members is minimal, or even better, nonexistent.

I will still be doing "regular" talks at convention this year on both
Friday
and Saturday.  On Friday, I'll be talking about nutrition solutions for
performance problems like tying up, chronic colickiness, ulcers, thumps,
that sort of thing.  On Saturday, I'm going to do a talk on BASIC
nutrition
without all the fancy shmancy stuff.  Just the basic guideline type
things
and why things work the way they do.

For those going to the NATRC convention same weekend, same place, I'll be
talking to the CTR group as well, dunno the exact topic yet (other than
nutrition and physiology).

And, for those going to the PNER convention later this month, I'll be
there,
too.  Talking on both Friday and Saturday, I think.

Hope to see y'all at one place or another.  :-))

Susan G


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