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[RC] Colic -- Laurie Underwood - Ridecamp Guest

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I believe the reference to Coastal Bermuda hay would be for an impaction colic. 
An ileus is something different.  The vets who subscribe to RC can obviously 
expound on this in far more accurage detail than can I, but I believe an ileus 
occurs when movement stops in the hindgut and whatever the horse has had to eat 
or drink remains in the stomach and fails to process through. Not sure what 
causes it, though.

Laurie Underwood


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