Exsanguination due to gastric ulceration in a foal.
An Arabian foal with a congenital heart disease died due to hemorrhage secondary to a large gastric ulcer. Previously, death of foals with gastric ulcers has been due to diffuse peritonitis resulting from gastric ulcer perforation. The foal in this case report died due to hemorrhage secondary to a large gastric ulcer.
D000818:Animals; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000209:etiology*; D006736:Horses; D010438:Peptic Ulcer Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D013276:Stomach Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*