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• looking around at its flanks, kicking at its belly or pawing the ground

• lying down and getting up frequently
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standing in a stretched out posture
• grinding his teeth

• adopting a urinating stance and straining intermittently

As the pain increases, there may be:

• patchy sweating

• attempts to lie down and roll
• lying on the back

• fast, shallow breathing that develops into blowing with flared nostrils

• spasms of severe pain which cause violent rolling and groaning (Figure 17.5)

• distension of the abdomen

• regurgitation of stomach content from the nostrils.

Figure 17.5 Horse with colic