EQUINE | ADVERTORIAL
EQUINE | ADVERTORIAL
187
MAINTAINS GASTRIC HEALTH
FERMAID EASE : a natural feed ingredient to help maintain gastric health in intensively managed horses at risk from gastric ulcers
FERMAID EASE 187 is the product of the fermentation of soya flour by specific lactic acid bacteria L . delbrueckii lactis Rosell-187 .
FERMAID EASE is successfully used in human that are subject to gastric ulceration .
FERMAID EASE maintains gastric health
Gastric Ulcers are a significant issue for many types of horses including racing and performance horses , mares at stud , foals and leisure horses . Gastric ulcers are lesions that develop in the lining of the stomach or gastric mucosa and their number and severity can vary according to a diagnostic scale of 0-4 . Gastric ulcers are common and the prevalence in racehorses is estimated to be near to 90 % ( Murray and al ., 1996 ).
The development of ulcers occurs when the inherent mucosal protective mechanisms ( mucous and bicarbonate secretion , increased blood flow and cell turnover ), are overwhelmed by the aggressive action of gastric acid and other protein digesting enzymes .
There are many clinical signs indicating the presence of an ulcer ( Colic , irregularity of appetite , unenthusiastic at work …) but a majority of ulcerous episodes remain silent .
Squamous non-glandular epithelium : proventricule
Esophagus
Greater curvature
Margo plicatus
Glandular region : Cardiac , fundic & pyloric region
FUNDAL MUCOSA
Lesse Curvature
PYLORIC MUCOSA
Duodenum
42 • Equine Health Update •