Ask the Vet LIVE: Post-Colic Care Podcast Archived
Ask the Vet LIVE Podcast recording for post-colic care is now archived.
Ask the Vet LIVE Podcast recording for post-colic care is now archived.

Electrolyte use and gastric emptying, nonstructural carb tolerance in healthy horses, and nonstructural carb tolerance in healthy horses, and Lawsonia intracellularis, are included in this wrap-up from the 2011 AAEP Convention.
Researchers compared different suture materials’ integrity for closing abdominal incisions from colic surgery.
Tune in on Thursday, March 15, 8 p.m., EDT, for TheHorse.com’s free Ask the Vet LIVE audio and chat event.

The Lembert single layer pattern is faster, stronger, and less likely to impede the intestinal flow.

Horse owners should be prepared to make decisions about managing serious colic without the option of referral.

No adverse reactions to the vaccine were noted and fewer than 2% of the weanlings exhibited signs of disease.
The panel’s report identified future research priorities for the study of equine colic.

Buscopan has been accepted as effective treatment for simple choke in other countries for 40 years.
The Microbiology Lab at Penn Vet is offering a panel of assays to streamline testing for foals with diarrhea.

The overall seroprevalence was 68% on all farms tested, with levels on individual farms ranging from 14-100%.

In the current study most horses successfully returned to their prior athletic function after colic surgery.
On Tuesday, Feb.7, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., the New Bolton Center will present “Colic in 3D: The Glass Horse.”

Pfizer’s Equine Rotavirus Vaccine has an updated appearance and packaging to reflect the current manufacturer.

Exercise-associated hematuria, urethral tears, and idiopathic renal hematuria are three less common causes.

Acute kidney injury, or compromised renal function, is often reversible if treated appropriately and promptly.
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