Probiotics and colic

["C.M.Newell" <reshan@deyr.ultranet.com>]

>he was off his feed and after we gave him the ABC stuff, he
>was eating in 5 minutes visibly feeling much better!!  The same with a
>mare we have who seemed to be colicking...
> She had 2 more episodes of the
>"gagging" but we gave her a dose of the Pro Bi and both times she was
>eating within 5 minutes. ..

Not knocking probiotics; they are useful things, but they couldn't possibly
have been having any physiological effect within that short a time period.
           --CMNewell, DVM