Health Articles

Can You Prevent Colic?
Colic - Jun 15th, 02
Colic. The very word makes you shudder. It seems to happen at any time and place and to any horse. As common as colic is, it remains misconstrued and lacks singular explanation. Thousands of...

Colic: Minimizing its Incidence and Impact in your Horse
Colic - Jun 15th, 02
A Bayer Animal Health Brochure   Colic is the number-one killer of horses. The good news is that most cases of colic are mild and resolve with simple medical treatment, and sometimes wi...

Colic - California Style
Colic - Jun 24th, 02
Equine Colic Death from colic is twice as high as other diseases, including trauma, in a normal farm population. Colic signs can be derived from either the intestinal tract of a horse or fr...

Colic Prevention Tips
Colic - Aug 13th, 02
The following article is provided as a courtesy and service to the horse industry by the American Association of Equine Practitioners.     The number one killer of horses is coli...

COLIC – WHAT IT MEANS TO YOU AND YOUR HORSE
Colic - Jan 4th, 07
Although colic surgery was considered hopeless 60 years ago, today it can save horses from devastating diseases and give them a long life, free of complications and recurrence. However, accord...

COLIC: UPDATES AND PREVENTION
Colic - Aug 22nd, 07
Colic is one of those emergency crises that horse owners seek to avoid.  Based on information from the National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) survey, for every 100 horses, there...