Blood Test Could Predict Intestinal Obstructions
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
June 21, 2011
The blood level of a specific enzyme could indicate a strangulated intestine at presentation, allowing quicker
The blood level of a specific enzyme could indicate a strangulated intestine at presentation, allowing quicker
Early Kentucky Derby favorite Uncle Mo was recently diagnosed with cholangiohepatits, a rare condition in
Gastric ulcer syndrome can be time-consuming and expensive to treat. Learn how to use nutrition to manage
Uncle Mo continues to exhibit positive signs of improving health and is on target to resume light training in
Horse owners and vets must use antimicrobials responsibly to help reduce bacterial drug resstance.
The American Association of Equine Practitioners’ to host joint meetings, “Focus on Colic” and “Business
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation will host the 10th International Equine Colic Research Symposium, July 26-28, 2011, in Indianapolis, Ind. The symposium, held every three years, alternating between Europe and North
Colic and its causes are part of most owners’ horse care vocabulary–an intestinal twist, sand accumulation, or gas buildup might be among the familiar events leading to equine abdominal pain. But owners might not be aware of another, less-frequent
On May 3 the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center (NBC) will present a lecture entitled “You Think It’s Colic but It’s Not” at 6:30 p.m. The lecture is part of the First Tuesdays Lecture Series at the School of Veterinary Medicine at New
Monarchos, the 2001 Kentucky Derby winner, is recovering from colic surgery performed April 19 at Hagyard Equine Medical Institute near Lexington, Ky. He stands at Charles Nuckols III’s Nuckols Farm near Midway, Ky.
Gastric ulcers can affect horses of all breeds, ages, shapes, and sizes, including weanlings.
International reports of contagious equine metritis, equine herpesvirus, equine influenza, strangles, equine piroplasmosis, equine arteritis virus, Eastern equine encephalomyelitis, West Nile virus, salmonella, and more.
Monitoring lactate levels in samples of peritoneal fluid can help a vet predict which colicky horses require surgery.
Colicky horses that undergo exploratory surgery and are ultimately diagnosed with an ileal impaction appear to benefit from a single injection of carboxymethylcellulose (CMC) into the ileum to resolve the problem, according to veterinarians from
Veterinarians commonly treat many equine infections with antimicrobial drugs to achieve resolution. However, in some cases, the antimicrobials themselves induce gastrointestinal disturbances with subsequent diarrhea. “This unfortunate side effect of
The horse’s large intestine absorbs large volumes of fluid from the bowel. When a situation interferes with fluid absorption from the large colon, fluid passes quickly from the body to increase the water content of the feces, resulting in diarrhea.
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