Equine gastric ulcer syndrome in adult horses: A review

New Zealand Veterinary Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Bell, R J W ^a   Mogg, T D ^a,b   Kingston, J K ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; EGUS; Equine; Gastric ulcer; Horse; Review; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIULCER AGENT; OMEPRAZOLE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HISTOLOGY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SECRETION; STOMACH; STOMACH MUCOSA; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; GASTRIC MUCOSA; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; OMEPRAZOLE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; PREVALENCE; STOMACH; STOMACH ULCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

EID: 33947532759     PISSN: 00480169     EISSN: 11760710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00480169.2007.36728     Document Type: Article

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