Gastrointestinal Problems in the Foal

“The gastrointestinal system of the newborn foal is susceptible to many different problems in the first few days of life,” explained Mary Rose Paradis, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVIM (LAIM), an associate professor in the Department of Clinical Sciences at Tufts, in North Grafton, Mass. During a presentation at the 2011 Western Veterinary Conference, held Feb. 20-24 in Las Vegas, Nev., she discussed a few of the common gastrointestinal problems foals face in the early stages of life.
“Foals are often less tolerant of abdominal pain that adult horses,” Paradis said. “But the good news is that the incidence of colic in the foal less than 6 months of age is about 18 times less than in the adult horse
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