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Side effects include respiratory depression, hypnosis, excitement, mydriasis, locomotor response, bradycardia, pruritus and non-propulsive gastrointestinal spasm. Only butorphanol and pethidine are licensed for the relief of abdominal pain in the horse.
Many cases of recurrent colic are mild and self-limiting with non-specific findings on clin-ical examination. Diet, access to pasture, dental health, and gastric ulceration may be important factors that predispose individual horses to recurrent colic.
intestinal dysfunctions; which include gas colic, spasmodic colic, and impaction colic. Gas colic typically occurs due to gas build up in the large colon or cecum. Gas stretches the intestine and causes pain. Spasmodic colic results from increased contractions, or spasms, in the wall of the intestine.
Signs range from mild, recurrent colic to severe, continual pain. Treatment involves surgery to remove the fibrous tissue and the affected portion of the intestine. Medications are also given to try to reduce the formation of new adhesions.
25 lip 2011 · Objectives: To determine the incidence rate of and risk factors for recurrent colic. Hypotheses: Horse management, prophylactic health care and innate behaviour contribute to the risk of recurrent colic. Methods: A cohort of 127 horses was enrolled at the point of a veterinary-diagnosed medical colic episode.
Typical lesions seen in horses with colic and special considerations for equine patients with colic of a specific signalment (i.e., specific causes of colic and special consider ations) are shown in pink. Because of the impor tance of infection as a postoperative complication, there is a section on biosecurity.
Gastric impaction is a relatively uncommon cause of colic in horses that can lead to gastric rupture and death if not identified. Clinical signs are often vague with definitive antemortem diagnosis achievable via gastroscopy. A successful treatment option in recent years is gastric intubation and/or lavage with carbonated beverages. •.
