CRAMPING IN HORSE: WHAT TO DO TO PREVENT?
CRAMPING IN HORSE: WHAT TO DO TO PREVENT?
CRAMPING: WHAT TO DO TO PREVENT?
cavalo_olhando
One of the biggest fears of horse owners are the dreaded colic. But why they occur so frequently in this species? What can we do to reduce their occurrence? What do until the vet to arrive?
Knowing better the gastrointestinal tract of a horse, we found that the size of your stomach is much smaller than your gut.
- Stomach has a capacity of 15 18liros and is responsible for 5% of digestion;
- Small intestine (ID) has 16 to 22 meters in length and is responsible for 35% digestion of food;
- Large Intestine (GI) has 5 meters long and is 60% of the digestion of food.
Note the intestines of horse are also very sinuous and many "bottlenecks," i.e., sphincters making the passage from one compartment to another.
Due to this anatomy, horses are "forced" to eat smaller portions during most of the day. The horses on field exercise this function fully, grazing until 20hs per day, not overloading the stomach. What does not happen in most horses submitted to the stables, receiving food in quantities and schedules predetermined.
Note: Use of paddocks, stimulating continuous feeding. Ideal for horses.
Most known types of colic:
- GAS: Horses are anatomically unable to burp and vomit mainly therefore may suffer stomach distention, causing much discomfort;
- Impaction: excessive food supply, water shortages, poor quality grass and exchange management are some of the factors that can cause this type of colic, which forms a compact mass food in the intestine (the colon usually higher due to their large diameter and curvature). Generating, pain, dehydration, reflux or not, can lead to death. The treatment is based on fluid therapy and or surgery;
- STONES: call enteroliths, these stones are found in the large intestine and are composed primarily of magnesium phosphate - ammonium (struvite) and have a foreign body (plastic, rope, wire) that gives rise to deposits of minerals;
Enterólito removed from I.G. a horse.
- TWIST: Call Volvulus runs in both the ID as the IG, the intestine undergoes committed a twist, causing pain, gas, bloating and severe vascular compromise. It can quickly lead to death;
- FLASH: an example is the duodenum or proximal jejunitis Previous enteritis, which is inflammation of the small intestine. Generating pain, reflux and dehydration, which can lead to laminitis and septicemia. The treatment is fluid therapy, antibiotics and anti-inflammatories. It is not case surgery. One of its causes is the sudden return of feed;
- TOXIC PRODUCTS: Colic by using AMITRAZ, insecticide used on cattle. Generates paralysis of the gastrointestinal tract.
- COLIC worm infection: Call Thromboembolic colic, it is mainly caused by worms S. Vulgaris these, cause thrombi (clots) in the arteries. In serious cases can lead the animal to death, especially foals.
CRAMPING: WHAT TO DO TO PREVENT?
cavalo_olhando
One of the biggest fears of horse owners are the dreaded colic. But why they occur so frequently in this species? What can we do to reduce their occurrence? What do until the vet to arrive?
Knowing better the gastrointestinal tract of a horse, we found that the size of your stomach is much smaller than your gut.
- Stomach has a capacity of 15 18liros and is responsible for 5% of digestion;
- Small intestine (ID) has 16 to 22 meters in length and is responsible for 35% digestion of food;
- Large Intestine (GI) has 5 meters long and is 60% of the digestion of food.
Note the intestines of horse are also very sinuous and many "bottlenecks," i.e., sphincters making the passage from one compartment to another.
Due to this anatomy, horses are "forced" to eat smaller portions during most of the day. The horses on field exercise this function fully, grazing until 20hs per day, not overloading the stomach. What does not happen in most horses submitted to the stables, receiving food in quantities and schedules predetermined.
Note: Use of paddocks, stimulating continuous feeding. Ideal for horses.
Most known types of colic:
- GAS: Horses are anatomically unable to burp and vomit mainly therefore may suffer stomach distention, causing much discomfort;
- Impaction: excessive food supply, water shortages, poor quality grass and exchange management are some of the factors that can cause this type of colic, which forms a compact mass food in the intestine (the colon usually higher due to their large diameter and curvature). Generating, pain, dehydration, reflux or not, can lead to death. The treatment is based on fluid therapy and or surgery;
- STONES: call enteroliths, these stones are found in the large intestine and are composed primarily of magnesium phosphate - ammonium (struvite) and have a foreign body (plastic, rope, wire) that gives rise to deposits of minerals;
Enterólito removed from I.G. a horse.
- TWIST: Call Volvulus runs in both the ID as the IG, the intestine undergoes committed a twist, causing pain, gas, bloating and severe vascular compromise. It can quickly lead to death;
- FLASH: an example is the duodenum or proximal jejunitis Previous enteritis, which is inflammation of the small intestine. Generating pain, reflux and dehydration, which can lead to laminitis and septicemia. The treatment is fluid therapy, antibiotics and anti-inflammatories. It is not case surgery. One of its causes is the sudden return of feed;
- TOXIC PRODUCTS: Colic by using AMITRAZ, insecticide used on cattle. Generates paralysis of the gastrointestinal tract.
- COLIC worm infection: Call Thromboembolic colic, it is mainly caused by worms S. Vulgaris these, cause thrombi (clots) in the arteries. In serious cases can lead the animal to death, especially foals.
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