Including select papers from the 4th Equine Colic Research Symposium.
Content :
Gastrointestinal progress.
Medical Aspects :
Review Article: The role of equine strongyles in the pathogenesis of colic and current options for prophylaxis
Review Article: The role of tumour necrosis factor in the pathogenesis of equine colic
Investigations into the incidence of field colic
Identification of tumour necrosis factor in the blood and peritoneal fluid of horses with colic
Morbidity associated with abdominocentesis - a prospective study
Case Report :
Gastro-oesophageal reflux in a weanling filly: association with Gasterophilus spp. infestation
Surgical Aspects :
Review Article: Blood platelets and their role in the genesis and sequelae of intestinal ischaemia
Serosal adhesions - the next hurdle in colic surgery
A review of 38 cases of small colon obstruction in the horse
A preliminary study on the effects of jejunocaecostomy in horses
Atresia coli in 7 foals (1964–1990)
Experimental Aspects :
Review Article: Aetiopathogenesis and treatment of peptic ulcer in the horse: a comparative review
Gastric secretion in foals: measurement by nasogastric intubation with constant infusion and aspiration
Effect of oral omeprazole on basal and pentagastrin-stimulated gastric secretion in young female horses
Pharmacokinetics and antisecretory effects of intravenous omeprazole in horses
Duration of antisecretory effects of oral omeprazole in horses with chronic gastric cannulae
Development of cyathostome infection of helminth-naive foals
Lipid peroxidation and antioxidative defences during ischaemia and reperfusion of the equine ascending colon