EFFECTS OF DIETARY RICE BRAN OIL ON GASTRIC AND BLOOD LIPIDS AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GASTRIC ULCERS IN HORSES

• Sponsoring Institution: Cooperating Schools of Veterinary Medicine
• Project Status: ACTIVE
• Funding Source: STATE
• Reporting Frequency: Annual
• Accession No.: 0198197
• Project Start Date: Dec 1, 2002
• Project End Date: Nov 30, 2003
• Program Code: [(N/A)]- (N/A)

Recipient Organization
UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE
2621 MORGAN CIR
KNOXVILLE,TN 37996-4540

Performing Department
LARGE ANIMAL CLINICAL SCIENCES

Non Technical Summary
This project addresses the high incidence of gastric ulcers in performance horses. This project examines the effectiveness of different dietary oils in preventing gastric ulcers from developing in horses.

Animal Health Component

75%

Research Effort Categories

Basic

25%

Applied

75%

Developmental

(N/A)

Classification

Knowledge Area (KA)	Subject of Investigation (SOI)	Field of Science (FOS)	Percent
305	3810	1010	50%
305	3810	1160	50%

Knowledge Area
305 - Animal Physiological Processes;

Subject Of Investigation
3810 - Horses, ponies, and mules;

Field Of Science
1160 - Pathology; 1010 - Nutrition and metabolism;

Keywords

lipoproteins

horses

rice

dietary fats

rice bran

lipids

blood lipids

ulcers

gastrointestinal system

animal diseases

disease prevention

animal pathology

animal physiology

equines

disease incidence

disease severity

nutrient disease relations

blood profiles

pathogenesis

veterinary medicine

Goals / Objectives
1. To determine whether feeding different dietary oils will affect the number or severity of gastric ulcers in horses 2. To determine the effects of different dietary oils on the blood lipoprotein profile of horses

Project Methods
1. A crossover design will be used with four feeding trials. Four diets will be tested 2. Gastric ulcers will be assessed using established scoring systems and endoscopic techniques 3. Blood lipoproteins will be isolated using sequential ultracentrifugation