Symptoms are general lack of appetite, poor condition, windsucking, lethargy, dull coat, mild colic. Your vet can confirm by endoscopy, and treat with appropriate drugs.

Causes

• Extensive use of NSAID type drugs e.g.'Bute.
• Can occur when feed bolted - lack of saliva to buffer stomach acid.
• Horse allowed to go hungry - no fibre in stomach to protect against damage by stomach acid.
• There is extensive information available on the web - search for gastric ulcers.

 You should encourage salivation by mixing long fibre (chaff or chopped alfalfa) with feed. (already in HORSEHEATH products such as Body-Builda™ & AntiLam™
Ensure a source of forage always available. (use e.g. double haynet to slow rate of consumption).

Always consult vet

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