Day 0
48 hours
96 hours
Hydrochloric Acid-Induced Ulcers
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Gastric acidity is high in empty stomach
•
Intermittent feed deprivation
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Lesions form in squamous mucosa
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No lesions form in glandular mucosa
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Lesions prevented by ranitidine (Zantac
®)
Murray and Schusser,
Equine Vet J,
1993; Murray and Eichorn,
Am J Vet Res,
1996.