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Small Colon Impaction - Horse (view source)
Revision as of 12:24, 9 August 2010
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==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
Other parameters that are typically elpful for assessing the severity of colic such as heart rate, were not predictive of obstruction in horses with small colon impaction(117). Refractory colic is less pronounced in this disease.
Other parameters that are typically elpful for assessing the severity of colic such as heart rate, were not predictive of obstruction in horses with small colon impaction(117). Refractory colic is less pronounced in this disease.
The diagnosis is made in adult horses by palpating the obstructing mass in the ventral portion of the abdomen on rectal examination. (Merck)
==Treatment==
==Treatment==