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Excessive Fermentation Colic

Last Updated: May 31, 2011

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The microbial digestion in the horse's digestive tract produces great quantities of gas and fluid. If this is produced more rapidly than it can be eliminated, painful distention of the stomach or intestine will occur.

For more information, see Colic, Impaction Colic, Incarceration Colic, Spasmodic Colic, Displacement Colic

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