Prevalence, Demographics, and Risk Factors for Colic - Proceedings of AAEP Focus Meeting - Quebec, 2005
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Colic is one of the most difficult diseases to study with epidemiologic methods due to the large number of diseases, which create the signs of colic. Making a specific diagnosis is not always possible in horses with colic; therefore classification of the simple colic is a challenge. Information about incidence, mortality, and risk factors is helpful to the clinician in making decisions about individual cases as well as herd problems.
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