Geriatric horses have lower survival rates than younger horses following exploratory colic surgery, but a year later there’s no significant difference in survival rates between the age groups, report ...

Today's colicking horse has a good chance for survival, said Gal Kelmer, DVM, MS, who recently wrote a review of equine colic surgery advances for Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice.

It was a typical Saturday several months ago when 19-year-old Kaitlyn Bonis completed a dressage workout with Sunny, her 24-year-old Arabian horse. But the next day, her family received a call from ...

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Equine colic surgery remains a critical intervention for horses experiencing life‐threatening abdominal emergencies. The evolving field has enhanced both surgical techniques and the identification of ...

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 ...

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 ...

COROLLA, Nc — On June 11, the Corolla Wild Horse Fund had to euthanize a horse due to severe colic, according to the fund's Facebook page. The horse, Junior, had a second colic surgery in February and ...

Photo by Rebecca J. Banabi. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund announced the deaths of two wild horses last week, both to colic. Horses are unable to regurgitate food because they do not have the muscles in ...

Melbourne Cup contender Riff Rocket is fighting for his life after undergoing emergency surgery overnight. The Chris Waller-trained horse was due to compete at Flemington this weekend in the Group 1 ...