But even they may have failed to factor in the mild and relatively snow-free winter, and how it may contribute to sand colic in horses this spring, warns Michigan State University Extension and an ...

Rarely do we see our horses lapping up sand like it’s some rare commodity. But inevitably horses end up with burdens of sand in their intestinal tracts from grazing sandy pastures or eating off the ...

Sand colic was something new to me when I moved to the High Desert 19 years ago. I knew I hated the whole colic thing almost as much as I disliked laminitis, but sand colic took my dislike of colic to ...

Australian horse specialist vet Dr John Kohnke warned owners to be aware of sand colic. Horses will ingest sand and dirt as they forage around on limited pasture or sandy soil, and when they are fed ...

Necropsy results reveal that Jeta, the Montgomery Zoo’s 12-year-old female Greater Indian rhino, died of sand colic, according to a news release sent late Wednesday by the Zoo. Sand colic occurs in ...

A new faecal test for horses could help reduce the risk of sand colic, its creators believe. Westgate Labs is offering the test, conducted in a similar manner to its faecal worm egg counts, to monitor ...

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WE’RE familiar with the risk of impaction colic in winter, when the move to an indoor lifestyle – together with a drier diet, possibly less exercise and often less inclination to drink – can combine ...

Horses – a lot more than other animals – are prone to colic. Colic is a very general term for abdominal pain. Specifically, an impaction colic refers to a blockage somewhere within the horse's ...