Avoiding Colic Through Management
Turnout, diet, and water consumption are critical considerations when avoiding colic.
The age-old disease of colic can best by managed be returning the horse–as much as possible–to its natural environment. This means
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Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS
Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVS, is a professor of equine surgery and gastroenterology at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. His research interest is gastrointestinal physiology in horses, studying the mechanisms of injury and repair in the gut with the clinical outlook of enhancing recovery of horses with colic.
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