Modern competition horses operate at exceptional athletic levels. Proactive sports medicine focuses on maintaining durability, symmetry and resilience throughout the season.
This service is tailored to show jumpers, dressage horses, eventers, racehorses, elite amateur competition horses and hunters.
Specialist Services
- Pre-season performance assessments
- Ongoing competition monitoring
- Joint health management
- Soft tissue injury prevention strategies
- Rehabilitation planning
- Collaboration with riders, trainers, and physiotherapists
Gastroscopy
Gastric ulceration is common in modern performance horses. Intensive training schedules, competition stress, travel and high-concentrate feeding regimes all contribute to the development of Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome (EGUS). Subtle changes in behaviour, attitude, or performance are often the first signs. Gastroscopy remains the only definitive method of diagnosing gastric ulcers and assessing their severity.
Gastroscopy is a minimally invasive procedure using a specialised endoscope to directly visualise the lining of the stomach. This allows assessment of:
- Squamous gastric ulceration
- Glandular ulceration
- Mucosal inflammation
- Severity grading and lesion distribution
Following diagnosis, a structured treatment and management plan is implemented which may include targeted medication protocols, feeding and nutritional adjustments, stress and management modification and monitoring and re-scoping where appropriate. However, McAdam Equine do not view gastroscopy in isolation - ulceration is often one component of a wider performance picture.
