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Re: [RC] Colicky mare - Dyane SmithAt least for my horse, the cure turned out to be Gastrogard. After several colic's severe enough to land him in the hospital and all the tests I could find to do, he had colic surgery. The vet did not find anything during the surgery, but after a course of Gastrogard and the regular use of sloppy beet pulp mashes, he is doing well (knock on wood, of course, but his surgery was 6 1/2 years ago). Dyane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan E. Garlinghouse, D.V.M." <suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Cindy Rodd'" <crodd22@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 8:02 PM Subject: RE: [RC] Colicky mare I agree with Bruce's suggestion to try giving her really sloppy mash to eat, not just for the moisture, but also it just seems to slide through easier. I have some doubts that her problem is a progressive thickening of scar tissue, though. I'm thinking more of some other tissue displacing progressive outside pressure on the bowel, ie lipoma (fatty tumor), lymphosarcoma, or a chronic displacement (ie, adhesions following surgery 'glued' a loop of bowel to the abdominal wall or other loops of bowel and thus forms a potential narrowing, or sharp turn or some other 'bottleneck' to the traffic pattern. Sand or enteroliths can also cause repeated bouts of colic. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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