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Colic Prevention Checklist

Veterinarian Julie Dechant, DVM, MS, DACVS, of the Equine Surgical Emergency and Critical Service at the School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, offers the following tips to reduce your horse's...

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Colic Symptom Checklist for Horses

[/caption] Horse & Rider magazine's September 2004 issue featured information about enteroliths--intestinal stones that can cause colic. Identifying the early stages of colic and knowing when to call your vet...

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Preventing Colic in Horses

Colic fits all varieties of abdominal distress our horses experience. The causes of gut pain range from the passing discomfort of excessive gas to life-threatening intestinal torsions. The majority of...

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Colic Season

Researchers at the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom set out to answer the question of whether the time of year/season has an effect on the number of colic...

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Sand Colic

[/caption] Psyllium, made from the seed of the fleawort plant, swells and becomes gelatinous when moist. Psyllium is a proven laxative in humans and pigs, and many people feed it to...

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Equine Colic

The word colic strikes fear in every equine owner's heart. While we have come a long way in understanding, treating and reducing the risk of colic, equine colic is still...

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Colic In Horses

[/caption] Gas (or flatulent) Colic is the more common type of colic in horses. It occurs when there is a collection of gas in the horse's bowel. The gas causes pain...

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Horse Colic Symptoms

Colic is the most common life-threatening condition horses of all ages face, and it's important to recognize symptoms of colic. Unfortunately, colic is not well understood or appreciated by many...

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How to "Talk" Colic

[/caption] The term “colic” is very broad, encompassing any pain in a horse’s gut, regardless of the cause. When diagnosing individual cases and devising treatments, however, veterinarians will use more specific...

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Minimizing Winter Colic

[/caption] When asked to describe the most common wintertime equine health problem in their areas, veterinarians and horse owners around the country respond with near unanimity: colic. Even in the Southwest,...

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