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Coarse roughage
 
Coarse roughage
 
Dehydration
 
Dehydration
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==Clinical Signs==
 
==Clinical Signs==
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Slwo onset mild colic
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Reduced defaecation
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Faeces hard, dry and mucus-covered because of delaed transit
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Heart rate mildly elevated during painful episodes but often normal
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Colic signs typically well controlled with analgesics but become increasingly more severe and refractory if impaction not resolved
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==Diagnosis==
 
==Diagnosis==
 
===Rectal examination===
 
===Rectal examination===
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