BACKGROUND Colic (abdominal pain) is a clinical condition of serious concern affecting the welfare and survival of donkeys at the Donkey Sanctuary in the UK. One of the most commonly reported causes is due to impacted ingesta in the large intestine ("impaction colic"). However little is known about the incidence of, or risk factors for, this condition. Here we describe the epidemiology of colic...

BACKGROUND Crib-biting and windsucking (CBWS) behaviour in horses has been associated with increased risk of colic in general, recurrence of colic and specific forms of colic. The aims of the present study were to determine the prevalence of colic within a population of horses that display CBWS behaviour and to identify risk factors for colic. METHODS Owners/carers of horses in the general UK...

Background: Colic (abdominal pain) is a clinical condition of serious concern affecting the welfare and survival of donkeys at the Donkey Sanctuary in the UK. One of the most commonly reported causes is due to impacted ingesta in the large intestine ("impaction colic"). However little is known about the incidence of, or risk factors for, this condition. Here we describe the epidemiology of coli...

Infantile colic is an easily identified childhood entity that has no clear treatment guidelines. The management of infantile colic varies among physicians, and families are often frustrated by the medical community's inability to prescribe a cure for colic. This article reviews the current concepts for management options of infantile colic.

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Recurrent colic occurs frequently in the general horse population but little evidence exists about what factors place horses at greater risk of recurrent colic. OBJECTIVES To quantify time-varying and non time-varying risk factors for recurrent colic among horses attended by first-opinion veterinary surgeons in northwest England. STUDY DESIGN Nested case-control...

Colic (abdominal pain), caused from the accumulation of sand and small pieces of gravel in the large colon, continues to be a problem for horses. In one study, of the cases of colic with an identifiable cause, 5% of the reported colic cases were due to sand. This was greater than those caused by gas (3%), mesenteric arteritis caused by small strongyles (1%), and ingestion of moldy grain (1%). I...

The definition of colic was stated in the introductory lines; the healthy babies had expressed colic of three to 13 hours' duration daily, only cases 2 and 6 occasionally having had daily colic of shorter duration than three hours: washout periods have no relevance in this context: any food between treatments might produce carry over effect; professional statisticians were consulted about prope...

OBJECTIVE Migraine is the mosyndrome and infantile colic is a common cause of infantile cry. The pathogenesis of migraine and colic has not been well established and different factors may cause them. There is an association between infantile colic and the occurrence of childhood migraine. We aimed to assess whether infantile colic could be noted as an early life expression of childhood migraine...

BACKGROUND Despite increased focus on cardiac arrhythmias in horses, the nature and prevalence is still poorly described. Case reports suggest that arrhythmias occurring secondary to systemic disease are seen more commonly in the clinic than arrhythmias caused by cardiac disease. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of arrhythmias in colic horses referred for hospital treatme...

introduction: infantile colic is one of the most common problems in the family in few weeks after birth. pathophysiology of colic has not been explained yet. the aim of this study was to compare the intestinal microflora in colicky and non-colicky infants. materials and methods: seventy breastfed infant aged 15-60 days were enrolled in this study and divided into two groups of 35 colicky and no...