Many horses suffer from stomach ulcers known as gastric ulcers and they can really affect the horse's weight, condition, general health and comfort when riding and/or training and especially when girthing up.

At the Moorcroft Equine Rehabilitation Centre we are duty bound to solve this problem long-term so these lovely horses do not go back to suffering from this condition as it can often recur.  We use pure Aloe Vera juice and we administer it by syringe so it goes down through the mouth, down the oesophagus and into the stomach. Giving it in the feed may lose some of its effect as it can be absorbed by the food so ends up having less effect. 

We use pure unaltered Aloe Vera juice which is not easy to come by. There are many watered down versions on the market which may not have the same effect.  As 80% of the horses that arrive at Moorcroft from racing suffer with this debilitating condition, we are so pleased to share with you that we have an affordable solution that really works. We do not leave the results to guesswork and we often the horses often have a gastroscope so we can really see the results and therefore we can always improve our management. 

A gastroscope is a little camera which is gently placed down into the horse’s stomach and pictures are taken of what is found down there. Our vet repeats this 8 weeks later if stomach ulcers are found and we check the result. The management system for those 8 weeks consist of 120 mls of pure Aloe twice per day, lots of fibre in the diet, and not over-facing the horse with work that they cannot handle or stressing the horse in any other way.