Summary of the 2015 ECEIM Consensus Statement on Equine Gastric Ulceration Syndrome

For the full open access text and references please see: Sykes BW, Hewetson M, Hepburn RJ, Luthersson N, Tamzali Y. European College of Equine Internal Medicine Consensus Statement – Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome in Adult Horses. J Vet Intern Med 2015;29:1288-1299

Terminology
Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS) is the general all-encompassing term to describe erosive and ulcerative diseases of the equine stomach. Equine Squamous Gastric Disease (ESGD) and Equine Glandular Gastric Disease (EGGD) distinguish the affected region of the stomach. Within ESGD, both primary and secondary disease is recognized: primary ESGD occurs in horses with normal gastric emptying; whereas secondary ESGD occurs in animals with delayed gastric emptying due to an underlying pathology such as pyloric stenosis. In cases of EGGD further description of the location of the lesion (cardia, fundus, antrum and/or pylorus) and the gross appearance of the lesion should be given. […]