Symptoms:

• general lack of appetite,
• poor condition,
• windsucking, crib-biting, weaving and box-walking,
• lethargy,
• dull coat,
• mild colic, 
• loose droppings and fluid, scouring.
• Fractious behaviour, including bucking when ridden, objecting to girth.
• grinding teeth and excessive salivation.
  
   Your vet can confirm by endoscopy, and treat with appropriate drugs. Horseheath nutrition can advise on diet and suggest natural products which  will be much cheaper than Omeprazole - based treatments.
  
  Causes
• Frequent 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 e.g. before morning stables.
• Intensive exercise - can cause the stomach acid to splash onto the upper, unprotected stomach wall.
• Stress

 You should encourage salivation by mixing long fibre (chaff or dried grass or preferably chopped alfalfa) with feed. (already in HORSEHEATH products such as Body-Builda™, AntiLam™ &  Hi-Lo^TM Mix
Ensure a source of forage always available. (use e.g. double haynet to slow rate of consumption - bed on straw if possible - oat or barley preferred).

Always consult vet

For individual advice, or to order a FREE SAMPLE please use the E-MAIL Enquiry Form