Nutrition for critical gastrointestinal illness: feeding horses with diarrhea or colic.
Horses with GI diseases such as colic and diarrhea are often intolerant of adequate enteral nutrition. Nutritional intervention should be an early part of therapeutic management in such cases. Protein and energy malnutrition in critically ill horses can have deleterious effects, including poor wound or incisional healing, reduced immunity, and weight loss. Early enteral or parenteral support should be provided to supply resting DE requirements in the equine ICU.
Magdesian
K Gary
KG
Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California at Davis, 95616, USA. kgmadgesian@ucdavis.edu
D000824:Animal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D000818:Animals; D003085:Colic / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D016638:Critical Illness; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010288:Parenteral Nutrition / Q000662:veterinary