Equine Internal Medicine Q&A 20


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An eight-year-old gelding is presented with acute colic, abdominal distension, trembling, sweating, tachycardia (heart rate 76bpm) and tachypnoea (respiratory rate 32bpm). The horse had accidentally eaten a large quantity of grain several hours earlier. The mucous membranes are bright red with petechial haemorrhages. Intestinal sounds are absent, and percussion of the abdomen results in high-pitched pings. Colonic distension with tight bands are palpated per rectum. Haematology reveals haemoconcentration (PCV, 0.68l/l), neutropenia (PMN count, 3.7x109/l) with toxic changes in the neutrophils.


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