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Hailing originally from Australia, Dr. Tania Cubitt is one of Standlee’s resident nutrition experts, with both technical and practical life experience. She has a PhD in Equine Nutrition and Reproduction from Virginia Tech and raises black angus cattle, along with a few goats in Virginia.
From the western state of Idaho, Katy Starr works as a marketing consultant for Standlee Premium Western Forage, focusing on nutritional content. She has a bachelor’s degree in animal science and agribusiness from the University of Idaho, and partners with her husband in raising a small commercial cattle herd and their three girls.
On this episode, co-hosts Dr. Tania Cubitt and Katy Starr discuss how proper nutrition management can minimize the risk of a horse developing gastric ulcers including: • Can horses have reflux? • What is the best type of hay for horses suffering from gastric ulcers? • Should you feed your horse before you ride or wait 30 minutes to an hour after feeding to ride? This episode is jam packed and we cover so many questions! Even if you’ve never owned a horse with gastric ulcers, you’ll want to tune in because in the words of Benjamin Franklin, “an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” Have any topics you want to hear more about? Let us know at podcast@standleeforage.com.
Scientific References:
21:00 – The study Dr. Cubitt mentions about corn oil’s effect on gastric fluid:
* Cargile, J. L., Burrow, J. A., Kim, I., Cohen, N. D., & Merritt, A. M. (2004). Effect of dietary corn oil supplementation on equine gastric fluid acid, sodium, and prostaglandin E2 content before and during pentagastrin infusion. Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 18(4), 545-549.
23:45 – The study Dr. Cubitt mentions about comparing feeding alfalfa and coastal hay to horses with gastric ulcers:
* Lybbert, T. C., Gibbs, P., Cohen, N., & Sigler, D. (2010). Gastric ulcer syndrome in exercising horses fed different types of hay (Doctoral dissertation, Texas A & M University).
24:20 –Dr. Cubitt mentions Dr. Jenifer Nadeau’s work on gastric ulcers, here are a few studies:
*Nadeau, J. A., Andrews, F. M., Mathew, A. G., Argenzio, R. A., Blackford, J. T., Sohtell, M., & Saxton, A. M. (2000). Evaluation of diet as a cause of gastric ulcers in horses. American journal of veterinary research, 61(7), 784-790.
*Andrews, F. M., & NADEAU, J. A. (1999). Clinical syndromes of gastric ulceration in foals and mature horses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 31(S29), 30-33.
*Andrews, F. M., Reinemeyer, C. R., McCracken, M. D., Blackford, J. T., Nadeau, J. A., Saabye, L., ... & Saxton, A. (2002). Comparison of endoscopic, necropsy and histology scoring of equine gastric ulcers. Equine Veterinary Journal, 34(5), 475-478.
*Nadeau, J. A., Andrews, F. M., Patton, C. S., Argenzio, R. A., Mathew, A. G., & Saxton, A. M. (2003). Effects of hydrochloric, acetic, butyric, and propionic acids on pathogenesis of ulcers in the nonglandular portion of the stomach of horses. American journal of veterinary research, 64(4), 404-412.
More studies done by Dr. Jenifer Nadeau if interested in additional research:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=list_works&hl=en&hl=en&user=DLbzr5UAAAAJ
36:41 - The study Dr. Cubitt mentions about research done at Virginia Tech about how frequently horses should be fed or consuming fiber:
* Murray, M. J., & Eichorn, E. S. (1996). Effects of intermittent feed deprivation, intermittent feed deprivation with ranitidine administration, and stall confinement with ad libitum access to hay on gastric ulceration in horses. American journal of veterinary research, 57(11), 1599-1603.
43:34 – Dr. Cubitt talks about the U.C. Davis study showing how alfalfa can help combat “refeeding syndrome”:
*Weaver, K., Feldman, M., Stewart, C., & Thayer, T. (1998). Metabolic responses of chronically starved horses to refeeding with three isoenergetic diets. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 212, 691-696.
*http://thinklikeahorse.org/alfalfa%20horse%20hay.pdf
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