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Meconium Impaction - Horse (view source)
Revision as of 13:30, 10 August 2010
, 13:30, 10 August 2010→Diagnosis
==Diagnosis==
==Diagnosis==
*Clinical signs
*Lack of passage of a milk stool
*'''CAREFUL''' digital examination ''per rectum'' (for diagnosis only)
*'''CAREFUL''' digital examination ''per rectum'' (for diagnosis only)
*Abdominal palpation (meconium may be palpable if abdominal tympany is not too advanced)
*Abdominal palpation (meconium may be palpable if abdominal tympany is not too advanced)
*Abdominal ultrasound
*Abdominal ultrasound
*Abdominal radiography
*Abdominal radiography of faecal masses in the colon<ref>Edwards, G.B (1997) Diseases and surgery of the small colon. ''Vet Clin N Am: Equine Pract'', 13:359-375. In: </ref>
colon (Edwards 1997).(Pusterla)
==Differential Diagnoses==
==Differential Diagnoses==