Equine Colic: Early Intervention Saves Lives
Multiple Authors
April 12, 2018
Colic is the No. 1 killer of horses. Learn how to spot the signs and give your horse the greatest chance at survival.
Colic is the No. 1 killer of horses. Learn how to spot the signs and give your horse the greatest chance at survival.
Special maintenance and nutrition can help your horse get back to (and stay in) good health after a colic episode.
Thanks to advancements in colic diagnostics and treatment, a horse’s chances of survival and return to normal activity following surgery have never been better.
Use this four-step plan to keep equine infectious diseases in check.
Using a targeted probiotic might be an effective way to reduce C. difficile-associated diarrhea in neonatal foals, researchers found.
Researchers know diet, breed, high colonic pH levels, and water supply mineral content can impact enterolith formation, but how trace minerals affect the process is less well-understood.
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Dr. Sharon Spier demonstrates a simple test you can do to measure the amount of sand your horse is excreting.
Both medical and surgical management resulted in more than 94% of treated horses surviving to discharge from one hospital, researchers found.
If foals are diagnosed and treated early they generally have a fair to good chance to make a full recovery.
Of the 323 respondents, only 81 (25%) have had a gastroscopy performed on their horse to check for ulcers.
Dehydration, fitness, and breeding can lead to specific challenges when treating colicky horses during endurance rides.
Horses that developed salmonellosis following colic surgery and survived to discharge did as well as those that did not develop salmonellosis.
Oral atropine has been associated with slowed gastrointestinal movement, but researchers found no evidence of this with topical application.
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Of the 186 respondents, 43 (23%) said their horses colic more frequently during the winter than other times of the year.
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