There are many common “understandings” about causes and treatments surrounding the most common medical condition of the horse: colic. Some of these “understandings” developed logically, but most simply aren’t based on facts. David Ramey, DVM, presents a better understanding of these common myths and the facts, or lack thereof, on which they are based.
Source: Horse Collaborative, July 26, 2015
One of the ways that horses with intestinal twists (volvulus, strangulation, entrapment, and such) show that extreme pain is by rolling around. But it’s the twist that comes first, not the other way around.
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