Colic

Colic is a general term that means pain in the abdomen. There are a lot of organs that make up the abdomen that are all prone to conditions that create pain. Some of the most common conditions that we see in southern Oregon include stomach ulcers, intestinal parasitism, toxic ingestions, heavy pregnancy or in labor, a hard heat cycle among others. With horse, we tend to generalize colic to some condition affecting the gastrointestinal tract.