Prevalence of Equine Gastric Ulceration in Standardbred Racehorses in Czech Republic

Abstract

The objective of our study was to determine an association between age, sex and prevalence and severity of gastric ulceration in Standardbred racehorses in training in Czech Republic. Alltogether 54 Standardbred racehorses were used in our study. History was taken and subsequently gastroscopy was performed in each horse. Mucosal ulceration was evaluated using grading system ranging from 0 (normal mucosa, no lesions) to 4 (diffuse ulceration of mucosa, loss of margo plicatus continuity, with or without haemorrhage). Correlation between age, sex and prevalence and severity of ulcers was statistically assessed.