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Meconium impaction or retention is the most common cause of colic in the first 24 hours of life.
 
Meconium impaction or retention is the most common cause of colic in the first 24 hours of life.
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Meconium is mucilaginous material in the intestine of the
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term fetus containing a mixture of cellular debris, secretions of
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the intestinal glands, bile and amniotic fluid. Meconium
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usually begins to be evacuated from the newborn foal within
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3 h after birth, and is considered retained if the foal makes
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frequent attempts but fails to produce meconium by age 12 h.(Pusterla)
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==Signalment==
 
==Signalment==
  
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