Gastroscopy
Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) is a condition that we see quite often.
- 25-50% of foals; 60-90% performance horses; High percentage of leisure horses all suffer from gastric ulceration
- For accurate diagnosis of gastric ulcers in horses, we use a three metre rigid endoscope. This is a camera which views the horses stomach on a computer screen and therefore allows us to diagnose, grade the severity and treat gastric ulceration.
- Horses arrive at 3-4pm the day before the gastroscopy procedure.
- We starve them overnight and they are scoped at 9am the following morning.
- Horses are sedated and placed in stocks.
- DVD is made of the scope findings.
- Experienced vets then advise on the treatment of horses.
- All horses go home with a diet plan and client information sheet.
