01 - overview

Question 1

6 things most likely to cause upset in foals

Answer 1

1. meconium impaction
2. uroabdomen
3. enterocolitis
4. ileus from hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
5. intestinal incarceration in hernia
6. congenital defects

Question 2

2 things likely to cause colic in weanlings

Answer 2

1. ascarid impaction
2. diarrhea

Question 3

thing likely to cause colic in young adults/performance horses

Answer 3

gastric-colonic ulcers

Question 4

3 things likely to cause colic in mature horses

Answer 4

1. strangulating lipoma
2. epiploic foramen entrapment
3. neoplasia

Question 5

likely cause in stallion of colic

Answer 5

inguinal hernia/incarceration in inguinal rings

Question 6

Question 7

(dietary causes of colic)

1. high grain diets -> ?
2. coastal hay -> ?
3. alfalfa hay (long term use) -> ?
4. sandy pastures ->

Answer 7

1. gastric ulcers
2. ileal impaction
3. enteroliths
4. sand colic

Question 8