title: Acute postoperative diarrhoea in colic horses.
abstract: A retrospective study on surgical cases of colic in horses (n = 216) revealed that 42 (19.4%) developed post-surgical diarrhoea. Salmonella spp. were isolated in 6 (16.2%) of the cases (n = 37) exhibiting diarrhoea. In 35.7% of the cases (n = 42) recovery from surgery was disturbed by other complications; 23.8% (10/42) died, 2 of which from primary acute diarrhoea due to salmonellosis. Most of the outbreaks of diarrhoea occurred in winter and spring. From the associated variables examined, the duration of colic signs revealed a significant difference between the cases which developed acute postoperative diarrhoea and the other surgical cases.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000818:Animals; D003085:Colic / Q000601:surgery / Q000662:veterinary*; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D006736:Horses; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000662:veterinary*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012621:Seasons; D013223:Statistics as Topic