The exact steps your veterinarian will follow will depend on his or her findings. For example, some colic can only be resolved through surgery. This is the most common category and simply means that the horse s bowel are not working properly. It incudes such things as gas distension, impaction, spasms, and paralysis. These occur less frequently, and include displacements, torsions, and hernia, whereby sections of the intestine become trapped or pinched in body cavities.
Some horses seem anatomically predisposed to such problems.
Intestinal accidents almost always require emergency surgery. Enteritis or Ulcerations. These are colic related to inflammation, infections and lesions within the digestive tract. They can be caused by numerous factors, including stress, disease, salmonellosis, and parasites.