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Springtime Colic: What to Watch For and How to Prevent It
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Preventative Medicine
Colic refers to any number of gastrointestinal and/or abdominal health issues that may cause pain or discomfort and can even result in death. Clinical symptoms of colic range from mild signs of discomfort to violent, painful reactions in the horse. As winter weather wanes and the days begin to lengthen, many horses' exercise routines increase and pasture may become available once again and diets change, all of which can predispose a horse to colic.
Continue ReadingEver wonder what actually happens inside a horse with colic?
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Colic
Attend our Colic Seminar and I'll talk you through an Equine Colic DVD that will show you what it looks like when the large colon twists, when your horse gets an impaction, gas colic, displacements, strangulating lipoma, etc. This is a great opportunity to see inside the horse.
Continue ReadingFew things are more distressing to the horse owner than the prospect of a beloved horse having to undergo colic surgery. Stories of catastrophic anesthetic recoveries and dismal survival rates abound, but are no longer representative of the current state of equine surgery and anesthesia.
Continue ReadingFollowing Colic Surgery, your horse will need a 60-90 day recovery period before starting back into work. This is a critical time of healing and will give your horse the best chance of a full recovery. Use the following as a guideline, but you should review this with your Veterinarian and modify it to fit your specific housing conditions.
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