Equine colic wears several faces — 14 of them, according to a recent e-newsletter from The Horse magazine — and signs of pain in horses can range from non-existent to very obvious. Depending on ...

Dear Dr. Vittoria: I like to add warm water to my horse’s grain all winter long. I really feel that this helps prevent colic during the cold spells. My friend’s horse just died from colic, and she ...

Taking a “wait-and-see” approach to horses in need of colic surgery ups the ante on expense – and survivability, reports EQUUS magazine. Dr. David Freeman, director of the Island Whirl Equine Colic ...

The reason is as clear as water. As winter makes its presence known—and briskly so—it’s important for horse owners to consider that with lower temperatures comes higher colic risk. “Winter months are ...

While horses may have less work ahead of them in the winter months, the same can’t be said for their owners. Cold weather comes with new challenges, and for horse owners, that often means being on the ...

A 20-year-old miniature horse presenting with colic was found to have three separate intestinal obstructions during emergency ...

Photo by Rebecca J. Banabi. The Corolla Wild Horse Fund announced the deaths of two wild horses last week, both to colic. Horses are unable to regurgitate food because they do not have the muscles in ...