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Horses don't get "bloat". This is a term reserved for ruminants (animals whose stomach has 4 compartments to it). Some people will also call colic bloat.
No. But cows can get bloat. This happens when gas gets trapped in their rumen and causes the cow's rumen to expand. It can be fatal because it can press against the lungs and suffocate the cow.
Spasmotic colic is where the gut is spasming, sort of like a belly ache. Impaction colic is the more dangerous of the two, and it happens when there is an impaction in the gut somewhere. This can usually lead to surgery to remove the impaction.
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Colic in animals can be caused by many different things like parasites or tapeworms. Most cases of colic are not serious and are the result of gas.
Colic is a catch-all term for a stomach ache in horses. But it can be caused by many things not just 2 different types. Internal parasites, 'stones' comparable to gall stones in humans, twisted gut, sand colic are just a few of causes of colic in horses. Sometimes a reason is never discovered. I have a mare that used to colic once a year and I never knew what caused the problem.
This intense type of crying in a baby between at least three weeks and three months of age is known as colic.
A spasmotic colic occurs when the small intestines of the horse cramp for various reasons. It most commonly occurs when a horse is allowed to drin too much cold water while he is still hot from exercise. An impaction colic is when a horse's intestine becomes blocked by a foreign object (usually sand or dirt that it ingests while eating). The inner lining becomes irritated and inflamed by the obstruction and thusly the intestinal tract grows smaller and doesn't allow food behind the blockage to pass. This is not to be confused with Worm colic as worms are not considered a foreign object and treatment for the two cases are not the same.
Colic is the term for abdominal pain of any origin. Spasmotic colic is colic thought to be caused by intense cramps or 'spasms' of the intestines.
The right colic (hepatic) flexure.
Zdravko Colic is 184 cm.
impaction colic