@article{4239,
  keywords = {horse, intragastric pH, hay, concentrate, pectin-lecithin},
  author = {C Damke and A Snyder and A Uhlig and M Coenen and G Schusser},
  title = {Impact of diet on 24-hour intragastric pH profile in healthy horses},
  abstract = {An electrode incorporated into a polyethylene hose was introduced under endoscopic control into the stomach of six fasting adult horses for long-lasting pH measurements. The intragastric pH was recorded every four seconds for a period of 23 hours. The Warmblood horses were assigned randomly to receive hay ad libitum (H group); 1.5 kg hay/100 kg BW/day and 1 kg concentrate/100 kg BW/ day (C group) or protocol C plus 75 g pectin-lecithin supplement/100 kg BW/day (P group). The horses were adapted to each diet for 13 days. The 23-hour median pH value for protocol H (2.69) was significantly lower compared to protocol C (.5) and P (.33)(p  lt; 0.05). The horses in protocol P had a significant higher percentage (30.1 %) of 23-hour intragastric pH values ≥ 3 than in protocol C (6.2 %) or in protocol H (25. %) (p  lt; 0.05).},
  year = {2015},
  journal = {Berliner und Münchener Tierärztliche Wochenschrift},
  volume = {128},
  edition = {9/10},
  pages = {345-349},
  month = {09/2015},
  publisher = {Schlütersche Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG},
  address = {Hannover},
  issn = {0005-9366},
  doi = {10.2376/0005-9366-128-345},
  language = {English},
}