In this first-of-its-kind, live question and answer session, horse owners were able to ask three veterinary specialists from The Ohio State University about colic, which is second only to old age as the leading cause of horse deaths each year. Below is a transcript from the original question and answer session on May 28, 2009.

Presenters:

Dr. Margaret Mudge–Dr. Mudge, VMD, Diplomate ACVS and ACVECC, is an Assistant Professor-Clinical in Equine Emergency and Critical Care and joined our faculty in February 2006. Dr. Mudge completed her equine surgery residency at the University of California-Davis and then entered into a fellowship in Emergency and Critical Care at OSU which she completed in 2005. Dr. Mudge, board-certified both in equine surgery and equine emergency and critical care, is responsible for the equine emergency service and therefore oversees a busy emergency clinic, especially adult horses and foals with gastrointestinal tract disease (colic). For more information, visit https://vet.osu.edu/MargaretMudge.htm.

Dr. Britta Leise–Dr. Leise, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACVS, is a Clinical Instructor in Equine Emergency Surgery and Critical Care. She came to OSU in August 2007 from Louisiana State University. Dr. Leise provides surgical and critical care services to the equine emergency service, including emergency colic surgery. She is completing her PhD studies investigating laminitis/founder, which is a common complication that occurs in ill and injured horses, especially those with inflammatory and ischemic gastrointestinal tract disease. For more information, please visit https://vet.osu.edu/BrittaLeise.htm