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INTRODUCTION
The stages of digestion
VetBooks.ir CHOKE
EQUINE GASTRIC ULCER SYNDROME (EGUS)
Equine Squamous Gastric Disease (ESGD), Equine Glandular Gastric Disease (EGGD)
HIND GUT ULCERATION – RIGHT DORSAL COLITIS
COLIC IN THE ADULT HORSE
Clinical signs
When to call the vet
Immediate action
How to help the vet
The examination
Medical colics (spasmodic colic, tympanitic colic, food impactions)
Surgical colics (intussusception, torsions, strangulation by pedunculated lipoma, worm
damage)
DIARRHOEA
LIVER DISEASE
HYPERLIPAEMIA (FATTY LIVER SYNDROME)
PERITONITIS
POISONOUS PLANTS
Ragwort (tansy ragwort and groundsel)
Yew
Oak and acorns
Sycamore
Bracken
Buttercups
Clover
St. John’s Wort
Laburnum
Privet
Linseed
