Colic Treatment

Question 1

What’s mainly responsible for PAIN felt during colic?

Answer 1

Mesenteric Stretch and Bowel Distension

Question 2

Mainstay of analgesia for colic in horses?

Answer 2

BANAMINE - Flunixin Meglumine

Question 3

Major complication associated with Banamine?

Answer 3

Clostridial Mysositis when given IM; papillary necrosis; GI ulceration

Question 4

Will banamine hide a surgical colic?

Answer 4

NO

Question 5

When do you sedate a painful horse such that it won’t compromise any crucial values?

Answer 5

AFTER you have taken the HR

Question 6

Alpha 2’s used in horses listed from shortest to longest duration.

Answer 6

Xylazine, Romifidine, Detomidine

Question 7

Opioid of choice for horses?

Answer 7

Butorphanol

Question 8

Spasmolytic that helps with per rectum examinations

Answer 8

Buscopan - antimuscarinic smooth muscle relaxant

Question 9

Normal horse stomach volume

Answer 9

8L (8-10L and 14L max)

Question 10

Normal gastric emptying time?

Answer 10

15 minutes

Question 11

How could putting fluids in help get the GI moving?

Answer 11

gastrocolic reflex among a few other things

Question 12

What does mineral oil do?

Answer 12

Lubricate, that is all. It makes a good marker of when stuff when in and that it can make it all the way through.

Question 13

What’s super important to remember when making a referral?

Answer 13

PHONE NUMBER of person driving the trailer!

Question 14

Do you keep the NG Tube in place when you refer?

Answer 14

Circumstantial of course but usually YES, it is imperative to allow reflux a way out