ATE 2661 Large Animal Disease Final
1 out of every 10 - correct answer How many horses have colic each year?
Colic - correct answer What is the number 1 killer of horses?
Serious condition; general term indicating abdominal pain - correct answer What is Colic?
Ascending colon - correct answer What is the large colon equivalent to in small animal?
Transverse and descending colon - correct answer What is the small colon equivalent to in
small animal?
Right ventral, sternal flexure, left ventral, pelvic flexure, left dorsal, diaphragmatic flexure, right
dorsal - correct answer What are the 7 different parts of the large colon in a horse?
6 times - correct answer Horses with history of colic are this many times more likely to recur
5 times - correct answer Horse with previous abdominal surgery are this many more times
likely to have colic
Pawing the ground
Sweating
Looking at belly
Restlessness
Lack of appetite
Stamping hind feet
Lying down - correct answer Signs of mild pain in horse with colic
Violently pawing ground
Appear bloated
Kick violently
Sweat a lot
Lie down/get up frequently - correct answer Signs of severe pain in horses with colic
Sit on haunches
Off feed
Uneasiness
Looking/kicking at abdomen
, Below normal temp
Increased R.R.
Increased HR
Few or no gut sounds
Sweating - correct answer Signs of colic
Paralytic ileus - correct answer No gut sounds
Gaseous
Impaction
Spasmodic
Intestinal accidents - correct answer Types of colic
Over ingestion of feed
Greedy eating
Moldy/spoiled hay/feed
Disruption of flora - correct answer Causes of gaseous colic
Enteroliths
Indigestible roughage
Sand/foreign objects
Improper chewing
Greedy eating
Lack of water
Parasites - correct answer Cause of impaction colic
>50% alfalfa
<50% oat hay
<50% grass hay
Lack of daily access to pasture grazing - correct answer 4 important factors to developing
enteroliths
Parasites
1 out of every 10 - correct answer How many horses have colic each year?
Colic - correct answer What is the number 1 killer of horses?
Serious condition; general term indicating abdominal pain - correct answer What is Colic?
Ascending colon - correct answer What is the large colon equivalent to in small animal?
Transverse and descending colon - correct answer What is the small colon equivalent to in
small animal?
Right ventral, sternal flexure, left ventral, pelvic flexure, left dorsal, diaphragmatic flexure, right
dorsal - correct answer What are the 7 different parts of the large colon in a horse?
6 times - correct answer Horses with history of colic are this many times more likely to recur
5 times - correct answer Horse with previous abdominal surgery are this many more times
likely to have colic
Pawing the ground
Sweating
Looking at belly
Restlessness
Lack of appetite
Stamping hind feet
Lying down - correct answer Signs of mild pain in horse with colic
Violently pawing ground
Appear bloated
Kick violently
Sweat a lot
Lie down/get up frequently - correct answer Signs of severe pain in horses with colic
Sit on haunches
Off feed
Uneasiness
Looking/kicking at abdomen
, Below normal temp
Increased R.R.
Increased HR
Few or no gut sounds
Sweating - correct answer Signs of colic
Paralytic ileus - correct answer No gut sounds
Gaseous
Impaction
Spasmodic
Intestinal accidents - correct answer Types of colic
Over ingestion of feed
Greedy eating
Moldy/spoiled hay/feed
Disruption of flora - correct answer Causes of gaseous colic
Enteroliths
Indigestible roughage
Sand/foreign objects
Improper chewing
Greedy eating
Lack of water
Parasites - correct answer Cause of impaction colic
>50% alfalfa
<50% oat hay
<50% grass hay
Lack of daily access to pasture grazing - correct answer 4 important factors to developing
enteroliths
Parasites
