European Journal of Zoological Research
Abstract
Author(s): Hamidreza Alipour Kheirkhah and Ali Hassanpour
This study was conducted to compare the serumic values of Thyroid hormones and cortisol in Arabian horses with
and without gastric ulcers. Endoscopy was performed on 24 Arabian horses in Tabriz area, so 62.5% of Arabian
horses suffered from gastric ulcers. In 73.33% ulcer was in non glandular part and 26.67% was in glandular part.
There were not statically significant relevance between gastric ulcer and sex. Average serumic values of Thyroid
hormones (T3, T4) and cortisol concentration in Arabian horses with gastric ulcer were more than Arabian horses
without gastric ulcer. Serumic value of T3 hormone in Arabian horses with gastric ulcer was 116.61Ã?â??Ã?±3.81Ã?ŽÃ?·g/dl and
in Arabian horses without gastric ulcer was 98.54Ã?â??Ã?±4.25Ã?ŽÃ?·g/dl and T4 was 2.2Ã?â??Ã?±0.39 and 2.2Ã?â??Ã?±0.33Ã?ŽÃ?¼g/dl and cortisol
was 2.43Ã?â??Ã?±0.51 and 2.27Ã?â??Ã?±0.8 Ã?ŽÃ?¼g/dl. There was a correlation in the differences of T3 (P<0.05) but in there was not
significant correlation in T4 and cortisol. The final result was that the serumic values of Thyroid hormones and
cortisol concentration increased in Arabian horses with gastric ulcer.
