Alternate day feeding ulcers?

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Hi All,

Does every other day eating cause ulcers? The pdf is not available, although

the

pdf was available for the previously mentioned:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve & db=pubmed & dopt=Abstra\

ct & list_uids=16334336 & query_hl=1

See the below abstract from Medline.

N, s FM, Elliott SB, Lew J.

Effects of dietary oils on the development of gastric ulcers in mares.

Am J Vet Res. 2005 Nov;66(11):2006-11.

PMID: 16334963

OBJECTIVE: To assess antiulcerogenic properties of 3 dietary oils. ANIMALS: 8

healthy adult mares. PROCEDURE: A protocol to induce gastric ulcers was used and

included 240 mL of water plus corn oil, refined rice bran oil, or crude rice

bran

oil administered each day for 6 weeks according to a 4 x 4 Latin square

randomized

crossover design with 5-week washout intervals. A 7-day alternating feed

deprivation

period was included between weeks 5 and 6. Omeprazole was administered daily for

the

last 14 days of each washout interval. Endoscopic examinations of the stomach

were

performed at 0, 5, and 6 weeks, and the number (0 to 4 scale) and severity (0 to

5

scale) of ulcers were scored. Gastric fluid was collected at 0 and 5 weeks.

RESULTS:

Median body weight significantly increased by 29 kg (range, 10 to 50 kg). Mean

+/-

SE gastric fluid pH significantly decreased from 4.9 +/- 0.4 to 3.1 +/- 0.3 over

5

weeks, and total volatile fatty acid concentration significantly decreased over

time. Mean +/- SE severity of nonglandular ulcers significantly increased from

0.4

+/- 0.1 to 1.2 +/- 0.2 over 5 weeks. Nonglandular ulcers significantly increased

in

number (mean +/- SE, 1.3 +/- 0.2 to 3.0 +/- 0.2) and severity (mean +/- SE, 1.2

+/-

0.2 to 2.6 +/- 0.2) during the 7-day alternating feed deprivation period. No

effects

of treatment were detected. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL RELEVANCE: In this model

dietary oils did not prevent gastric ulcers from forming in the nonglandular

portion

of the stomach of horses.

Al Pater, PhD; email: old542000@...

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