title: Small intestinal strangulation caused by Meckel's diverticulum in a horse.
abstract: Necropsy of a 12-year-old Quarter Horse mare revealed a blind-end segment of intestine originating from the antimesenteric border of the ileum. The blind-end segment had looped around and strangulated the ileum and 3.5 m of the jejunum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Large Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, College Station 77843-4475.
authors.forename: R N
authors.initials: RN
authors.lastname: Hooper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses; D007077:Ileal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000662:veterinary*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D008467:Meckel Diverticulum / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary*