What are the symptoms of intestinal spasm and what are the sequelae of intestinal obstruction?

Horses have been very important domestic animals since ancient times. With the realization of pesticide mechanization, horses are no longer used as service livestock. Horses are tall and handsome, and they are very popular with people. At present, most grassland tourist attractions will have horse riding, and most tourists will experience what it is like to ride a horse. Domesticated horses are spiritual and can understand human commands. There are fewer horses now than before, so there are more articles about cattle and sheep breeding or diseases, but there are relatively few articles about horse breeding and diseases. Today, I will share with you the differential diagnosis and treatment of equine enterospasm and intestinal obstruction, hoping to help horses and let those of us who don't own horses know more about horses.

enterospasm

Equine enterospasm, also known as cold pain, is a common disease, which often happens in autumn and winter and early spring, and occasionally in summer. Mainly because of the cold weather or sudden change of weather, in winter, the horse pen intrudes into the thief wind, or no pen is invaded by snow, and the horse drinks a lot of cold water, feeds frozen feed, takes or runs or drinks cold water immediately. Because the gastrointestinal tract is suddenly stimulated by cold, it will cause the horse's intestinal spasm and contraction, which will make the horse feel particularly painful.

In the early stage of intestinal spasm, the horse does not eat grass and stands unsteadily. Sometimes, the front hoof digs the ground, and the back hoof laughs from time to time. Touching the horse's ears, nose and lips with your hands will make you feel cold. If it continues to develop, it will roll on the ground, sometimes it will lie on its back, with all its hooves sticking up, sometimes it will get up immediately after rolling off the ground, and its hooves will switch back and forth, and then it will roll off the ground in a hurry, sometimes even if it is beaten with a whip, it will not stand up. Horses with intestinal spasm will frequently excrete a small amount of feces with dung water, sometimes dung balls with dung water. With the extension of the course of disease, the number of fecal excretion will decrease; Sometimes it will ease during the intermission, and some will get better on their own.

After the horse has intestinal spasm, the left intestinal sounds (usually gentle running water) can be obviously enhanced by stethoscope, and sometimes the high intestinal peristalsis can be heard even without stethoscope; Sometimes there is a metallic knock.

The treatment of equine enterospasm is based on the principle of relieving pain and spasm. Anemone 10-20ml can be injected intramuscularly or ambroxol 60- 100ml can be injected intravenously. Of course, the combination of the two will be better. 250g of Animal Spleen Warming Powder can be used for Chinese patent medicine, which is brewed with warm water, cooled to cool temperature, and given to horses through horns or stomach tubes. In rural areas, it is also useful to boil water with ginger and brown sugar, and the effect is acceptable if you feed it to horses after warming.