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Also known as: '''''Fecalith'''''

|Also known as:

| Fecalith

==Description==

==Description==

==Diagnosis==

==Diagnosis==

===Clinical signs===

===Clinical signs===

* Reduced faceal output

* Reduced faecal output

* Abdominal pain  

* Abdominal pain  

* Sings of colic  

* Sings of colic  

==Treatment==

==Treatment==

Some faecoliths are small enough to be passed normally by the horse, in these cases clinical signs will resolve and the horse will return to normal. Management changes addressing feed and/or teeth should be implemented to prevent reoccurence.

Some faecoliths are small enough to be passed normally by the horse, in these cases clinical signs will resolve and the horse will return to normal. Management changes addressing feed and/or teeth should be implemented to prevent recurrence.

For faecoliths causing significant clinical signs surgical removal is carried out under general anaesthesia. The colonic contents and the faecolith are removed by a pelvic flexure enterotomy. If the faecolith is very large it may need to be broken down in situ before removal.  

For faecoliths causing significant clinical signs surgical removal is carried out under general anaesthesia. The colonic contents and the faecolith are removed by a pelvic flexure enterotomy. If the faecolith is very large it may need to be broken down in situ before removal.  

IV fluid therapy and appropriate analgesia should be administered as outlined in '''[[Colic, Medical Treatment|Medical Treatment of Colic in Horses]]'''

IV fluid therapy and appropriate analgesia should be administered as outlined in '''[[Colic, Medical Treatment|Medical Treatment of Colic in Horses]]'''.

==References==

==References==

* Mair, T.S, Divers, T.J, Ducharme, N.G (2002) '''Manual of Equine Gastroenterology''', ''WB Saunders''.

* Mair, T.S, Divers, T.J, Ducharme, N.G (2002) '''Manual of Equine Gastroenterology''', ''WB Saunders''.

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