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Comparison of psyllium feeding at home and nasogastric intubation of psyllium and magnesium sulfate in the hospital as a treatment for naturally occurring colonic sand (geosediment) accumulations in horses: a retrospective study

BACKGROUND: Ingestion of geosediment (further referred as sand) may cause weight loss, diarrhea and acute or recurrent colic in horses. Our aim was to compare the efficacy of three treatment protocols in clearing colonic sand accumulations in clinical patients. This retrospective clinical study cons...

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Autores principales: Kaikkonen, Ritva, Niinistö, Kati, Lindholm, Tiina, Raekallio, Marja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5059958/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27733202
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13028-016-0254-z