Chapter 32 Diseases of the Alimentary Tract

Diseases of the Equine Alimentary Tract

Diagnostic Procedures in the Examination of the Equine Alimentary System

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  31. Ruohoniemi M, Kaikkonen R, Raekallio M, et al. 2001. Abdominal radiography in monitoring the resolution of sand accumulations from the large colon of horses treated medically. Equine Vet J 33:59. PUBMED Abstract
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  33. Korolainen R, Ruohoniemi M. 2002. Reliability of ultrasonography compared to radiography in revealing intestinal sand accumulations in horses. Equine Vet J 34:499. PUBMED Abstract
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  38. Dik KJ, Kalsbeek HC. 1985. Radiography of the equine stomach. Vet Radiol 26:48.
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  42. Metayer N, Lhote M, Bahr A, et al. 2004. Meal size and starch content affect gastric emptying in horses. Equine Vet J 36:436. PUBMED Abstract
  43. Sutton DG, Bahr A, Preston T, et al. 2002. Quantitative detection of atropine-delayed gastric emptying in the horse by the 13C-octanoic acid breath test. Equine Vet J 34:479. PUBMED Abstract
  44. Sutton DG, Preston T, Christley RM, et al. 2002. The effects of xylazine, detomidine, acepromazine and butorphanol on equine solid phase gastric emptying rate. Equine Vet J 34:486. PUBMED Abstract
  45. Sutton DG, Bahr A, Preston T, et al. 2003. Validation of the 13C-octanoic acid breath test for measurement of equine gastric emptying rate of solids using radioscintigraphy. Equine Vet J 35:27. PUBMED Abstract
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  49. Bracamonte JL, Bouré LP, Geor RJ, et al. 2008. Evaluation of a laparoscopic technique for collection of serial full-thickness small intestinal biopsy specimens in standing sedated horses. Am J Vet Res 69:431. PUBMED Abstract
  50. Pearson EG, Smith BB, McKim JM. 1987. Fecal blood determinations and interpretations. Proc Am Assoc Equine Pract 33:77.
  51. Roberts MC. 1975. Carbohydrate digestion and absorption studies in the horse. Res Vet Sci 18:64. PUBMED Abstract
  52. Martens RJ, Malone PS, Brust DM. 1985. Oral lactose tolerance test in foals: technique and normal values. Am J Vet Res 46:2163. PUBMED Abstract
  53. Murphy D, Reid SW, Love S. 1997. The effect of age and diet on the oral glucose tolerance test in ponies. Equine Vet J 29:467. PUBMED Abstract
  54. Mair TS, Hillyer MH, Taylor FG, et al. 1991. Small intestinal malabsorption in the horse: an assessment of the specificity of the oral glucose tolerance test. Equine Vet J 23:344. PUBMED Abstract
  55. Savarino V, Vigneri S, Celle G. 1999. The 13C urea breath test in the diagnosis of Helicobacter pylori infection. Gut 45:118.
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Dentistry and Oral Disease

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  5. Bettiol N, Dixon PM. 2011. An anatomical study to evaluate the risk of pulpar exposure during mechanical widening of equine cheek teeth diastemata and “bit seating.” Equine Vet J 43:163. PUBMED Abstract
  6. Dixon PM. 2002. The gross, histological and ultrastructural anatomy of equine teeth and their relationship to disease. Proceedings of the 48th Annual AAEP Convention, Orlando, FL.
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  8. du Toit N, Burden FA, Dixon PM. 2009. Clinical dental examinations of 357 donkeys in the UK. Part 1: Prevalence of dental disorders. Equine Vet J 41:390. PUBMED Abstract
  9. du Toit N, Burden FA, Dixon PM. 2009. Clinical dental examinations of 357 donkeys in the UK. Part 2: Epidemiological studies on the potential relationships between dental disease and systemic disorders. Equine Vet J 41:395. PUBMED Abstract
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Disorders of the Esophagus

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  4. Clark ES, Morris DD, Whitlock RH. 1987. Esophageal manometry in horses, cows, and sheep during deglutition. Am J Vet Res 48:547. PUBMED Abstract
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  18. Traver DS, Egger E, Moore JN. 1978. Retrieval of an esophageal foreign body in a horse. Vet Med Small Anim Clin 73:783. PUBMED Abstract
  19. Baird AN, True CK. 1989. Fragments of nasogastric tubes as esophageal foreign bodies in two horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc 194:1068. PUBMED Abstract
  20. Harris JM. 1981. Esophageal obstruction by a wood bolus. Mod Vet Pract 62:302. PUBMED Abstract
  21. Moore JN, Kintner LD. 1976. Recurrent esophageal obstruction due to squamous cell carcinoma in a horse. Cornell Vet 66:590. PUBMED Abstract
  22. Roberts MC, Kelly WR. 1979. Squamous cell carcinoma of the lower cervical oesophagus in a pony. Equine Vet J 11:199. PUBMED Abstract
  23. Green S, Green EM, Aronson E. 1986. Squamous cell carcinoma: an unusual cause of choke in a horse. Mod Vet Pract 67:870.
  24. Butt TD, MacDonald DG, Crawford WH, et al. 1998. Persistent right aortic arch in a yearling horse. Can Vet J 39:714. PUBMED Abstract
  25. Scott EA, Snoy P, Prasse KW, et al. 1977. Intramural esophageal cyst in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 171:652. PUBMED Abstract
  26. Hackett RP, Dyer RM, Hoffer RE. 1978. Surgical correction of esophageal diverticulum in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 173:998. PUBMED Abstract
  27. Orsini JA, Sepesy L, Donawick WJ, et al. 1988. Esophageal duplication cyst as a cause of choke in the horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 193:474. PUBMED Abstract
  28. Alexander JE. 1967. Radiologic findings in equine choke. J Am Vet Med Assoc 151:47. PUBMED Abstract
  29. Quick CB, Rendano VT. 1978. Equine radiology: the esophagus. Mod Vet Pract 59:625. PUBMED Abstract
  30. King JN, Davies JV, Gerring EL. 1990. Contrast radiography of the equine oesophagus: effect of spasmolytic agents and passage of a nasogastric tube. Equine Vet J 22:133. PUBMED Abstract
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  36. Schoeb TR, Panciera RJ. 1979. Pathology of blister beetle (Epicauta) poisoning in horses. Vet Pathol 16:18. PUBMED Abstract
  37. Lang J, Blikslager A, Regina D, et al. 1998. Synergistic effect of hydrochloric acid and bile acids on the pars esophageal mucosa of the porcine stomach. Am J Vet Res 59:1170. PUBMED Abstract
  38. Clark ES, Morris DD, Whitlock RH. 1987. Esophageal dysfunction in a weanling thoroughbred. Cornell Vet 77:151. PUBMED Abstract
  39. Barber SM, McLaughlin BG, Fretz PB. 1983. Esophageal ectasia in a quarterhorse colt. Can Vet J 24:46. PUBMED Abstract
  40. Rohrbach BW. 1980. Congenital esophageal ectasia in a thoroughbred foal. J Am Vet Med Assoc 177:65. PUBMED Abstract
  41. Bowman KF, Vaughan JT, Quick CB, et al. 1978. Megaesophagus in a colt. J Am Vet Med Assoc 172:334. PUBMED Abstract
  42. Greet TR, Whitwell KE. 1986. Barium swallow as an aid to the diagnosis of grass sickness. Equine Vet J 18:294. PUBMED Abstract
  43. Watson TD, Sullivan M. 1991. Effects of detomidine on equine oesophageal function as studied by contrast radiography. Vet Rec 129:67. PUBMED Abstract
  44. Clabough DL, Roberts MC, Robertson I. 1991. Probable congenital esophageal stenosis in a thoroughbred foal. J Am Vet Med Assoc 199:483. PUBMED Abstract
  45. Peek SF, De Lahunta A, Hackett RP. 1995. Combined oesophageal and tracheal duplication cyst in an Arabian filly. Equine Vet J 27:475. PUBMED Abstract
  46. Gaughan EM, Gift LJ, Frank RK. 1992. Tubular duplication of the cervical portion of the esophagus in a foal. J Am Vet Med Assoc 201:748. PUBMED Abstract
  47. Rohrbach BW. 1980. Congenital esophageal ectasia in a thoroughbred foal. J Am Vet Med Assoc 177:65. PUBMED Abstract
  48. Mackey VS, Large SM, Breznock EM, et al. 1986. Surgical correction of a persistent right aortic arch in a foal. Vet Surg 15:325.
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  50. Freeman DE. 1989. Wounds of the esophagus and trachea. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract 5:683. PUBMED Abstract
  51. Digby NJ, Burguez PN. 1982. Traumatic oesophageal rupture in the horse. Equine Vet J 14:169. PUBMED Abstract
  52. Lunn DP, Peel JE. 1985. Successful treatment of traumatic oesophageal rupture with severe cellulitis in a mare. Vet Rec 116:544. PUBMED Abstract
  53. Todhunter RJ, Stick JA, Trotter GW, et al. 1984. Medical management of esophageal stricture in seven horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc 185:784. PUBMED Abstract
  54. Craig D, Todhunter R. 1987. Surgical repair of an esophageal stricture in a horse. Vet Surg 16:251. PUBMED Abstract
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  56. Gideon L. 1984. Esophageal anastomosis in two foals. J Am Vet Med Assoc 184:1146. PUBMED Abstract
  57. Suann CJ. 1982. Oesophageal resection and anastomosis as a treatment for oesophageal stricture in the horse. Equine Vet J 14:163. PUBMED Abstract
  58. Nixon AJ, Aanes WA, Nelson AW, et al. 1983. Esophagomyotomy for relief of an intrathoracic esophageal stricture in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 183:794. PUBMED Abstract
  59. Wagner PC, Rantanen NW. 1980. Myotomy as a treatment for esophageal stricture in a horse. Equine Pract 2:40.
  60. Hoffer RE, Barber SM, Kallfelz FA, et al. 1977. Esophageal patch grafting as a treatment for esophageal stricture in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 171:350. PUBMED Abstract
  61. Ford TS, Schumacher J, Chaffin MK, et al. 1991. Surgical repair of an intrathoracic esophageal pulsion diverticulum in a horse. Vet Surg 20:316. PUBMED Abstract
  62. Frauenfelder HC, Adams SB. 1982. Esophageal diverticulectomy in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 180:771. PUBMED Abstract
  63. Campbell-Beggs CL, Kiper ML, MacAllister C, et al. 1993. Use of esophagoscopy in the diagnosis of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 202:617. PUBMED Abstract
  64. Ford TS, Vaala WE, Sweeney CR, et al. 1987. Pleuroscopic diagnosis of gastroesophageal squamous cell carcinoma in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 190:1556. PUBMED Abstract
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Disorders of the Stomach

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  21. Murray MJ, Eichorn ES. 1996. Effects of intermittent feed deprivation, intermittent feed deprivation with ranitidine administration, and stall confinement with ad libitum access to hay on gastric ulceration in horses. Am J Vet Res 57:1599. PUBMED Abstract
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Intestinal Injury and Healing in the Horse

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Endotoxemia and Sepsis

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Surgical Disorders of the Small Intestine

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  49. Blikslager AT, Bowman KF, Haven ML, et al. 1992. Pedunculated lipomas as a cause of intestinal obstruction in horses: 17 cases (1983-1990). J Am Vet Med Assoc 201:1249. PUBMED Abstract
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  53. Garcia-Seco E, Wilson DA, Kramer J, et al. 2005. Prevalence and risk factors associated with outcome of surgical removal of pedunculated lipomas in horses? 102 cases (1987-2002). J Am Vet Med Association 226:1537. PUBMED Abstract
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  55. Robertson JT. 1990. Diseases of the small intestine, p 347. In White NA (ed), The equine acute abdomen. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, PA.
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  58. Tate LP, Ralston SL, Koch CM, et al. 1983. Effects of extensive resection of the small intestine in the pony. Am J Vet Res 44:1187. PUBMED Abstract
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  60. Schneider RK, Milne DW, Kohn CW. 1982. Acquired inguinal hernia in the horse: a review of 27 cases. J Am Vet Med Assoc 180:317. PUBMED Abstract
  61. van der Velden MA. 1988. Surgical treatment of acquired inguinal hernia in the horse: a review of 51 cases. Equine Vet J 20:173. PUBMED Abstract
  62. Spurlock GH, Robertson JT. 1988. Congenital inguinal hernias associated with a rent in the common vaginal tunic in five foals. J Am Vet Med Assoc 193:1087. PUBMED Abstract
  63. van der Velden MA. 1988. Ruptured inguinal hernia in new-born colt foals: a review of 14 cases. Equine Vet J 20:178. PUBMED Abstract
  64. Rossignol F, Perrin R, Boening KJ. 2007. Laparoscopic hernioplasty in recumbent horses using transposition of a peritoneal flap. Vet Surg 36:557. PUBMED Abstract
  65. Freeman DE, Orsini JA, Harrison IA, et al. 1988. Complications of umbilical hernias in horses: 13 cases (1972-1986). J Am Vet Med Assoc 192:804. PUBMED Abstract
  66. Markel MD, Pascoe JR, Sams AE. 1987. Strangulated umbilical hernias in horses: 13 cases (1974-1985). J Am Vet Med Assoc 190:692. PUBMED Abstract
  67. Bristol DG. 1986. Diaphragmatic hernias in horses and cattle. Compend Contin Educ (Pract Vet) 8:S407.
  68. Wimberly HC, Andrews EJ, Haschek WM. 1977. Diaphragmatic hernias in the horse: a review of the literature and an analysis of six additional cases. J Am Vet Med Assoc 170:1404. PUBMED Abstract
  69. Orsini JA, Koch C, Stewart B. 1981. Peritoneopericardial hernia in a horse. J Am Vet Med Assoc 179:907. PUBMED Abstract
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  73. Ford TS, Freeman DE, Ross MW, et al. 1990. Ileocecal intussusception in horses: 26 cases (1981-1988). J Am Vet Med Assoc 196:121. PUBMED Abstract
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  76. Yovich JV, Stashak TS, Bertone AL. 1985. Incarceration of small intestine through rents in the gastrosplenic ligament in the horse. Vet Surg 14:303.
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Medical Disorders of the Large Intestine

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Surgical Disorders of the Large Intestine

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Disorders of the Descending (Small) Colon

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Disorders of the Peritoneum in Horses

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Gastrointestinal Ileus

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Nonsteroidal Antiinflammatory Drug Toxicity

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Fluid Therapy for Horses with Gastrointestinal Diseases

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Ruminant Alimentary Disease

Dental and Periodontal Diseases

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  22. Spence JA, Aitchison GH. 1985. Early tooth loss in sheep: a review. Vet Ann 25:125.
  23. Spence JA, Sykes AR, Atkinson PJ, et al. 1985. Skeletal and blood biochemical characteristics of sheep during growth and breeding: a comparison of flocks with and without broken mouth. J Comp Pathol 95:505. PUBMED Abstract
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  30. Orr MB, Mackey D, McNally K. 1991. A pilot study of the effects of mechanical shortening of ewes' incisors (bite correction) on body weight and the development of periodontal disease. Vet J 39:108. PUBMED Abstract
  31. Orr MB, O'Callaghan MW, West DM, et al. 1979. A syndrome of dental abnormalities of sheep. II, The pathology and radiology. N Z Vet J 27:276. PUBMED Abstract
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Salivary Gland Diseases

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Actinobacillosis (Woody Tongue, Wooden Tongue)

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Actinomycosis (Lumpy Jaw)

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Pharyngeal Trauma and Abscess

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Bluetongue

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Contagious Ecthyma (Sore Mouth, Orf, Contagious Pustular Dermatitis, Scabby Mouth)

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Bovine Papular Stomatitis (Proliferative Stomatitis)

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Diseases Caused by Bovine Virus Diarrhea Virus

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Malignant Catarrhal Fever (Bovine Malignant Catarrh, Malignant Head Catarrh)

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Vesicular Stomatitis

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Foot and Mouth Disease (Aftosa, Aphthous Fever)

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Rinderpest (Cattle Plague) and Peste des Petits Ruminants

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Choke and Esophageal Disorders

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Esophageal Dilation (Megaesophagus) and Hiatal Hernia

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Ruminant Abdominal Ultrasonography

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Indigestion in Ruminants

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Acute Abdomen in Ruminants

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Traumatic Reticuloperitonitis (Hardware Disease, Traumatic Reticulitis)

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Peritonitis in the Ruminant

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Frothy Bloat

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Abomasal Displacement and Volvulus

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Abomasal Ulcers

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Abomasal Dilation and Emptying Defect of Suffolk Sheep

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Abomasal Impaction

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Obstructive Intestinal Diseases

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Diseases Caused by Clostridium Perfringens Toxins (Enterotoxemia, Yellow Lamb Disease, Lamb Dysentery, Necrotic Enteritis)

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Oak (Acorn) Toxicosis

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Winter Dysentery in Cattle (Bovine Coronavirus)

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Salmonellosis in Ruminants

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Paratuberculosis (Johne's Disease)

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Copper Deficiency in Ruminants

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Cobalt Deficiency in Ruminants

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Rectal Prolapse in Ruminants and Horses

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