By Richard Knight, BVetMed MRCVS from The Peter Fenton Veterinary Practice Colic is well recognised by the majority of horse owners with many having experience of their own horse or a friends having been affected. Colic is simply the clinical signs shown by horses in response to abdominal pain and not an actual disease as there are many different reasons that cause similar clinical signs. The most readily recognised signs include inappetance, kicking at the abdomen, flank watching, rolling, reduced amount of droppings and increased respiratory rate. When your horse is examined with colic it will also...