Although horses have historically been known as working livestock, today they are often referred to as companion animals. More and more people are seeking to own pet horses, making large animal ...

Colic is simply a term for any abdominal pain in a horse. Environmental causes of colic in horses can include high grain diets, moldy feed, dehydration, sand ingestion, stress, abrupt feed changes, ...

Equine colic wears several faces — 14 of them, according to a recent e-newsletter from The Horse magazine — and signs of pain in horses can range from non-existent to very obvious. Depending on ...

Colic is simply a term for any abdominal pain in a horse. Environmental causes of colic in horses can include high grain diets, moldy feed, dehydration, sand ingestion, stress, abrupt feed changes, ...

But even they may have failed to factor in the mild and relatively snow-free winter, and how it may contribute to sand colic in horses this spring, warns Michigan State University Extension and an ...

Taking a “wait-and-see” approach to horses in need of colic surgery ups the ante on expense – and survivability, reports EQUUS magazine. Dr. David Freeman, director of the Island Whirl Equine Colic ...

The reason is as clear as water. As winter makes its presence known—and briskly so—it’s important for horse owners to consider that with lower temperatures comes higher colic risk. “Winter months are ...

Dear Readers: The past two weeks have been unrelentingly brutal to us and our horses. We have started to see the colic surge that is typical of this time of the year. So I am going to issue a colic ...

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Last year's European champion 3-year-old, Roaring Lion , is recovering from successful colic surgery in New Zealand. The operation has ruled the son of Kitten's Joy out of covering mares during the ...