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ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine2020

Effects of transportation on gastric pH and gastric ulceration in mares.

Barbara Padalino, Georgina L Davis, Sharanne L Raidal

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Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Barbara PadalinoDepartment of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Division of Animal Sciences, Alma Mater Studiorum, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Georgina L DavisSchool of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Sharanne L RaidalSchool of Animal and Veterinary Sciences, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5558-3133
Charles Sturt University · AUUniversity of Bologna · IT

Funding

J.G. Goldner Pty Ltd (Goldners Horse Transport), Ingleburn, New South Wales, Australia, in kind support (supply of truck and driver)Virbac (Australia), Milperra, NSW private donationWorld Horse Welfare Organisation, Blackpool, United Kingdom donation
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTransportation has been suggested as a risk factor for gastric ulceration in horses, but limited evidence supports this assumption. ANIMALS: Twenty-six Standardbred, Thoroughbred, and Warmblood mares from a university teaching herd.

methodsTwelve mares were confined for 12 hours, overnight, in reproductive stocks with indwelling nasogastric tubes (NGTs) to assess pH of gastric fluid (GF). Gastric ulceration was assessed endoscopically before and after confinement. Subsequently, 26 horses were transported for 12 hours, overnight, in 2 consignments. During transportation, GF was aspirated from indwelling NGT placed in the same 12 mares used in the confinement study, and gastric ulceration was assessed endoscopically before and after transportation in all horses.

resultsThe median pH of GF in confined horses was 1.70-2.49 at each sampling point, and there was no apparent effect on gastric squamous ulcer scores. The median pH of GF from the same 12 horses at corresponding sampling times during transportation was 6.82-7.22. Transportation was associated with increased gastric squamous ulcer scores, particularly in horses fasted for gastroscopy and NGT placement immediately before departure. Gastric emptying appeared delayed after transportation in horses fed before departure. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Transportation is associated with increased gastric squamous ulceration and with increased pH of GF. These findings may be a consequence of impaired gastric emptying and reflux of alkaline small intestinal content, with factors such as duodenal bile salts and short-chain fatty acids mediating mucosal injury.

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TransportationAnimalsFemaleGastrointestinal ContentsHorse DiseasesHorsesHydrogen-Ion ConcentrationStomach Ulceralkaline refluxbile saltsequine glandular gastric diseaseequine squamous gastric diseasegastric emptyinggastric ulcer syndromegastrointestinal motilityvolatile fatty acids

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PMID32009244
PMCPMC7096603
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