Cause of EGUS: Aggressive Factors
Overpowering Defensive Factors
Overpowering Defensive Factors
Gastric lining damage occurs when:
•Aggressive (acid, pepsin, bile,
organic acids) factors overpower
organic acids) factors overpower
•Defenses (bicarbonate, mucus)
of gastric mucosa
of gastric mucosa
•Squamous mucosa lining lacks these defenses
Murray, Equine
Vet J Suppl, 1992; Sweeney, In Practice, 1992; Pagan, World Equine Vet Rev, 1997; Murray and Schusser, Equine Vet J, 1993.
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