# 1. Picture of a client’s horse that had an Endoscopic examination done by the University of Florida. The horse was diagnosed with gastric ulcers.

The horse’s feeding program was changed and the horse began treatment with Gastrofor.

# 2. The picture is of the same horse after being treated with Gastrofor for 35 days. You can see the healing process has definitely begun to take place.

# 3. The picture is of the same horse with a completely healed stomach. The only product used was Gastrofor.

At this point, the horse was back in full training, had not been treated for approximately 60 days, and continued to be free of gastric ulcers.

1. What Causes Ulcer in Horses?
2. The Signes of Ulcer in Adult Horses?
3. The Signs of Ulcer in Foals?
4. How to Treat Ulcers and what Product to Use?

• High level of concentrated fooder

(high mixutres of grain, syntetic vitamins, concentrated minerals and perservatives in various form of texture e.u. pellets)

• Diet and feeding management

• Allergic reactions

• Stress

• Improper use of NSAID mecicine

(such as bute-phenylbutazone and banamineflunixin megalumine)

• Improper use of steroids

• Improper use of antibiotics

• Improper use of worming drugs

• Bile and acid reflux

The first symptom of stomach problems starts most often in the right side.

• Stiff neck and shoulder muscles

• Problems with the carpal joints in the frontlegs and knees in the hindlegs.

• Tension in the groins

After the horse develop a stomach ulcer the symptoms become more noticable.

• Poor and dull coat

• Colic

• Sluggishness in the muscles

• Poor aprtite

• Weight loss

• Significant increases in the production of saliva, or dry mouth

• Swollen glands under the jawbone

• Thyroid gland problem

• Low iron value

Here at the right you can see the muscles connected to the stomach by the nerve system and how the musles work.

Research shows that very yang foals have symptoms of, or have develop gastric ulcers. The foal is often feed with pellets and that type of feeding starts an allervic reaction and different kind of symptoms starts.

• Diarrhoea

• Colic.

• Poor growth

• Dull coat

• Pott belly

• Grinding of teeth

• Excesssive salvation

• Interupted nursing

• Swollen glands under the jawbone

• Low iron value

Also, the foal can show symptoms of thyroid problems and a reduced immune defence system. The foal may also react very badly to vaccinatons because of reducted immune defence system.

How to Treat Ulcers and what Product to Use

• What to look for when selecting a product is:

• One that will heal the ulcer without side effects

• One that can be used on foals

GASTROFOR

• Heals ulcer

• Give a positiver result on the horse condition after a *few days

• Works very well on foals

• All natural with

NO SIDE EFFECTS

• Various anti-ulcer medication strategies exist

• Most will decrease production of gastric acid or neutralize it in the stomach

• MOST HAVE SIDE EFFECTS

* If the horse already been on drugs we recommend a weanling period.

Feed Your Horse GASTROFOR

• When You Change Fodder

• When the Horse is going to pasture or comming from pasture

• With loss of apetite

• When the Horse is diagnosed inflammed mucus epitelium

• When the Horse is diagnosed gastric ulcer

• When the Horse have low HB

• When you feed the horse pellets, blending of grains, corn or oil

• When you will give Your Horse a chance to recover from a *Natural Product without side effects.

* If the horse already been on drugs we recommend a weanling period.

See FAQ. and Question nr 1.

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1. m. Brachiocephalicus

Fixed head

-draws leg forward, upward

-extends shoulder joint

Fixed leg

-bends neck forward

-bends head and neck sideways

-extends head

Standstill

-extends elbow

2. m. Multifidus

-in bilateral action extends neck

-in unilateral action bends -neck laterally and rotates it

3. m. Trapezius

Pars cervicalis                 

-draws limb cranially

-draws limb caudally and abducts it

Pars thoracica

draws scapula caudally and abducts it

- elevates neck (fixed leg)

Joint action

- draws scapula forward and upward

4.m. triceps brachii

- extends elbow joint

- flexes shoulder joint

Standstill

- fixates elbow joint

Important extension muscle.

5. m. Pectoralis

-extends elbow joint

-flexes shoulder joint