ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine
Improvement of gastric disease and ridden horse pain ethogram scores with diet adaptation in sport horses.
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- Clinical Signs as an Indication of the Presence of Gastric Ulcers in Horses: True or False?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2026Article
- Heart rate variability in horses with naturally occurring gastric ulcers: Response to omeprazole and sucralfate treatment.Open veterinary journal · 2026Article
- Changes in Fitness Parameters in Ridden Trained Showjumping Horses After Healing of Gastric Ulcers: Preliminary Results.Veterinary sciences · 2025Article
- Incorporating a Behavioral Medicine Approach in the Multi-Modal Management of Chronic Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS): A Clinical Commentary.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Impact of Low-Starch Dietary Modifications on Faecal Microbiota Composition and Gastric Disease Scores in Performance Horses.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Can All Behavioral Problems Be Blamed on Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome?Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Owner-Reported Clinical Signs and Fecal Occult Blood Tests as Predictors of Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome in Competition Dressage Horses.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
- Improvement of gastric disease and ridden horse pain ethogram scores with diet adaptation in sport horses.Journal of veterinary internal medicineArticle
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backgroundGastric disease is highly prevalent in sport horses and may lead to poor performance, cause behavioral changes and impact welfare. HYPOTHESIS: Assess whether diet affects gastric disease and pain expression during riding, and whether it has an impact on physiological and locomotor variables during an exercise test, including jumps. ANIMALS: Nine healthy show-jumping Warmbloods trained at the same stable.
methodsProspective observational cohort study. The horses receiving a pelleted diet, high in sugar and starch (>30%), were examined at T0 and after 12 weeks (T12) of changing to a cooked, muesli-type low-starch (11%) diet. Each time, the horses underwent a standardized exercise test (SET) and a ridden pain score (Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram [RHpE]) was calculated by 2 blinded observers. The next day, horses underwent gastroscopy and gastric lesions were scored blindly. Results were analyzed using Wilcoxon and Spearman tests.
resultsAfter 12 weeks of a low starch diet, the Equine Gastric Disease (EGD; 4 [3-5] at T0 vs 1 [0-1] at T12, P < .01) and RHpE scores (6 [3-13] at T0 vs 3 [0-6] at T12, P < .01) improved significantly. Squamous, glandular, and EGD scores were positively correlated with RHpE scores (respectively, r = .747, P < .01; r = .743, P < .01 and r = .867, P < .01). CONCLUSION AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: Gastric disease and pain scores correlated positively in ridden horses. A low starch diet significantly decreases the severity of gastric disease and associated pain score during riding in horses. Gastric ulcers may be mitigated and the comfort of equines athletes improved by dietary adjustments.
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