Colic Prevention Tips

Although colic sometimes can’t be avoided entirely, there are proactive steps you can take to prevent every horse owner’s worst nightmare.

Veterinarian Julie Dechant, DVM, MS, DACVS, of the Equine Surgical Emergency and Critical Service at the School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, offers the following tips to reduce your horse’s risk of many types of colic. Anjajuli/adobe.stock.com

Veterinarian Julie Dechant, DVM, MS, DACVS, of the Equine Surgical Emergency and Critical Service at the School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis, offers the following tips to reduce your horse’s risk of many types of colic:

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