Colic-like discomfort associated with ovulation in two mares.
Discomfort manifested by colic-like clinical signs in 2 young mares was presumed to be attributable to ovarian pain associated with follicular enlargement and ovulation. Diagnosis was based on the lack of detectable evidence of gastrointestinal disease, the finding of a large ovarian follicle or recent ovulation, the repetition of signs during several subsequent estrual periods, and the clinical response to pharmacologic suppression of estrus and ovulation. The similarity of the clinical signs in these 2 mares to cyclic intermenstrual pain in women was considered.
Department of Surgery and Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan 66506.
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Cox
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DeBowes
D000818:Animals; D003085:Colic / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006736:Horses; D010060:Ovulation