With so many horses now being diagnosed with some form of Equine Gastric Disease, alongside treatment, nutrition and feed management play an important role in their recovery and in reducing the risk of recurrence. We look at the latest thinking, what feeds are available and what to recommend when, as well as examining some of the more prevalent, sometimes pseudo-science-based, feeding myths and trends.

Learning Objectives:

• The basic principles of feeding horses with or prone to gastric ulcers, including the role and importance of forage
• Which feeds to recommend for horses, from good-doers to performance horses
• The importance of overall gut health and its influence on gastric comfort and stability
• A brief overview of supplements, their various ingredients and potential efficacy
• Which ulcer-feeding myths or trends have legs, if any!