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Partial obstructions are associated with more chronic clinical signs. Abdominal pain may be mild and intermittent. Clinical signs may occur over a period of weeks, during which time muscular hypertrophy of the intestine proximal to the partial obstruction occurs.
Partial obstructions are associated with more chronic clinical signs. Abdominal pain may be mild and intermittent. Clinical signs may occur over a period of weeks, during which time muscular hypertrophy of the intestine proximal to the partial obstruction occurs.
===Diagnosis===
Abdominal ultrasonography may reveal a characteristic target or 'bulls eye' lesion. Peristalsis in the affected region is reduced or absent. Oedema and thickening of the intestinal wall are often seen with a distended, fluid filled region proximal to the intussusception.
===References===
===References===
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*Orsini, J. A., Divers, T. (2007) '''Equine Emergencies: Treatment and Procedures''' ''Elsevier Health Sciences''
*Radostits, O. M., Arundel, J. H., Gay, C. C. (2000) '''Veterinary Medicine: A textbook of the diseases of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses''' '' Elsevier Health Sciences''
*Radostits, O. M., Arundel, J. H., Gay, C. C. (2000) '''Veterinary Medicine: A textbook of the diseases of cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses''' '' Elsevier Health Sciences''