MANAGEMENT OF A CASE OF ACUTE EQUINE COLIC IN WAYANAD DISTRICT, KERALA.

The current clinical case was reported from Wayanad district of Kerala. The animal was a nine-year-old female chestnut pony weighing about 90 kg. Clinical signs observed were recumbency, anorexia, dehydration, rolling, kicking at the abdomen, tachycardia, abdominal distension, tympanic sounds on abdominal percussion, and frequent attempts to urinate and defecate. Treatment by using Flunixin meglumine at a dose rate of 1.1 mg/kg bodyweight Ringer's lactate, dextrose normal saline intravenously, ranitidine intramuscularly at a dose rate of 2 mg/kg bodyweight along with nasogastric intubation and coconut oil infusions successfully controlled the signs of colic and the animal recovered uneventfully. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]