Evaluation of a questionnaire to detect the risk of developing ESGD or EGGD in horses
| Autor: | Angela Briganti, Francesco Zappulla, Giuseppe Conte, Micaela Sgorbini, Fabrizio Rueca, Sara Busechian, Simona Orvieto, Irene Nocera, Lorenzo Pisello |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population Disease Equine Squamous Gastric Disease Food Animals Risk Factors Internal medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Equine gastric ulcer syndrome Prevalence Medicine Animals Horses Stomach Ulcer education education.field_of_study Potential risk business.industry Questionnaire Gastric lesions Italy Equine gastric ulcer syndrome Equine Glandular Gastric Disease Equine Squamous Gastric Disease Prevalence Questionnaire Risk factors Animal Science and Zoology Female Horse Diseases Equine Glandular Gastric Disease business |
| Zdroj: | Preventive veterinary medicine. 188 |
| ISSN: | 1873-1716 |
| Popis: | Equine gastric ulcer syndrome (EGUS) affects various categories of horses worldwide. This syndrome is now divided into two different diseases, based on the presence of lesions on either the squamous (Equine Squamous Gastric Disease, ESGD) or the glandular (Equine Glandular Gastric Disease, EGGD) mucosa. Diagnosis is based on the evaluation of the presence of gastric lesions with gastroscopic examination. As a gastroscopy can be considered expensive by clients, therapy is started often on the basis of clinical signs only. The aim of this study was to validate a questionnaire to detect the risk of developing ESGD or EGGD. The owners of 418 horses that were submitted to gastroscopic evaluation were asked to answer a questionnaire on risk factors for ESGD and EGGD. Horses were divided into three groups based on the results of the questionnaire and their risk of developing gastric lesions. In our population the survey was not useful to detect the presence and the severity of the lesions detected during gastroscopic examination, however answers to some of the questions did correlate with the development of gastric lesions. The questionnaire could therefore be a useful tool to evaluate the risk of ESGD or EGGD. Having owners periodically complete the survey could also make them more aware of changes in the conditions of the horses that could lead to gastric lesions. This could then help them seek advice from veterinarians on how to manage this potential risk. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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