Our June 28 AHD Bulletin presented resources available for equine practitioners and their clients from ASPCA® Pet Health Insurance <Link>. In the first of two articles linked here, Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD, shares experiences from his 20 or more years of specializing in colic. His main motivation remains to find ways to “shorten horses’ hospital visits, reduce veterinary bills and increase survival rates.”
The best way to minimize a horse’s colic risk involves adjusting his lifestyle to mimic, as closely as is practical, the way wild horses live, which means grazing and foraging for about 18 hours a day.” – Anthony Blikslager, DVM, PhD
Blikslager reminds horse owners that calling a veterinarian is the first thing to do when a horse seems colicky. Managing colic prevention and treatment is a team effort between the horse owner, veterinarian and others in the horse’s care team.
Colic aftercare is just as important to the horse’s well-being. The second article lists five things horse owners can do to get a horse back on his feet after a bout of colic.
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