Dealing With Sand Colic
Marcia King
February 1, 2000
Prompt diagnosis and treatment can ensure that a mild colic doesn’t become a fatal colic.
Prompt diagnosis and treatment can ensure that a mild colic doesn’t become a fatal colic.
If you have a veterinary textbook somewhere on your shelves, chances are you’ve seen one of those photos of a sick horse’s innards-miles and miles of wet, purplish loops of intestine, spilling out in all directions. The poor equine posing for
Standing on the fresh field of a brand new century, we look eagerly-if sometimes cautiously-toward the horizon and the unknown future awaiting us. We hope that, in the months and years to come, we will solve problems long puzzled over and finish
Big Ben, Canada’s most famous show jumping horse, died early Saturday, Dec. 11, from colic. He was 23.
Big Ben, ridden for over a decade by Ian Millar of Perth, came down with colic around 6 p.m. EST on Friday. He was euthanized in orde
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Despite what has been passed down through the years, it is acceptable for a colicky horse to lie down. Furthermore, it is considered unlikely that the horse will twist the intestines by rolling.
I am a new owner of a broodmare who just had her first foal, which now has diarrhea. How serious is it for him?
We’ve had two cases of colic at our barn in the last week. Why? Is it the weather? Is the pasture too dry? Is there too much/too little grass? Was there something different growing/blooming/going to seed? Are the horses not drinking enough?
Because there are so many causes for colic, epidemiology can be helpful in determining those things that are associated with an increased risk of colic. In some cases, it also can help identify the cause.
Colic is a common problem in horses. Establishing a plan for treatment and predicting the possible outcome of a case of colic is important to both the attending veterinarian and the anxious owner of the horse. Abdominal fluid
Merial, a Merck and Rhone-Poulenc company, announced today that it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market Gastroguard (omeprazole) Paste, the first and only prescription
Passing the meconium is, to me, the second-biggest hurdle a foal must overcome after birth–the first, obviously, is making the transition from the protected life within the uterus to life outside the uterus (breathing, standing, nursing).
Foals born to mares which do not receive proper nourishment during gestation could be born weak.
The good news is that horses are naturally well-equipped to weather practically everything that winter can dish out. They are far more tolerant of cold conditions than we poor hairless humans are; in fact, horses tend to be far more stressed by heat
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