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Nutrition-Related Problems: Colic

Feb 20, 2015
We are what we eat! This hits home when we examine the broad range of diseases and disorders linked to nutrition. Some conditions are caused by nutritional imbalances; others have their root cause elsewhere but can be addressed with specialized nutrition. Here, we'll take a look at colic.
 
Few situations strike fear into the hearts of horse owners like colic—the term for any type of abdominal pain in horses. While most cases turn out to be minor, colic is the No. 1 killer of mature, nongeriatric horses, so the signs must always be taken seriously.
 
Signs of disease range from vague restlessness, loss of appetite, and swinging the head toward the flanks, to severe distress, pawing, sweating, and violent rolling, accompanied by abnormal gut sounds—depending on whether the colic is caused by gas, an impaction, or a torsion of the intestines.
 
Source: TheHorse