TY - JOUR T1 - A Survey on Risk Factors for Gastric Ulceration in the Caspian Horses in Iran AU - , Gholamali Moghaddam AU - , A. Hasanpour AU - , M.G. Nadalian AU - , M.R. Mokhberdezfhli JO - Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances VL - 7 IS - 2 SP - 173 EP - 177 PY - 2008 DA - 2001/08/19 SN - 1680-5593 DO - javaa.2008.173.177 UR - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2008.173.177 KW - Risk factor KW -endoscope KW -caspian horse KW -gastric ulcer AB - This study was carried out on detection of risk factors for gastric ulcer in the Caspian horses in Iran. Gastric endoscope was performed on 23 Caspian horses to detect of gastric ulcer. Gastric ulcer was observed in 47.8% of horses. In Caspian horses 81.8% of ulcers were in non-glandular region of the stomach and 18.2% were in glandular region. There was a significant difference between glandular and non-glandular stomach regions with regard to ulcer (p<0.01), but no difference was observed in both sexes. There was a low prevalence of gastric lesion in horses that were received antihelmintic drugs. In present study it was noticed that horses with long term treatment with NSAID had significantly higher prevalence of gastric ulcer in glandular region (p<0.05). Prevalence of gastric ulcer increased with increasing of exercise (p<0.05). There was no difference between serum Na, K, P, Mg, Ca and total protein levels in horses with and without ulcer, but horses with gastric ulcer had a high level of serum fibrinogen (p<0.05). ER -