Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về bệnh học thý y được đăng trên tạp chí Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica cung cấp cho các bạn kiến thức về bệnh thú y đề tài: Radiographic parameters for diagnosing sand colic in horses. | Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica BioMed Central Open Access Radiographic parameters for diagnosing sand colic in horses Anna Kendall 1 2 Charles Ley1 Agneta Egenvall2 and Johan Brojer2 Address University Hospital of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Box 7040 SE-750 07 Uppsala Sweden and 2Department of Clinical Sciences Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Uppsala Sweden Email Anna Kendall - Charles Agneta Egenvall - Johan Brojer - Corresponding author Published 13 June 2008 Received 28 May 2008 Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica 2008 50 17 doi 1751-0147-50-17 Accepted 13 June 2008 This article is available from http content 50 l l7 2008 Kendall et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Ingestion of sand can cause colic diarrhoea and weight loss in horses but these signs are unspecific and can have many other causes. The amount of sand that induces disease may vary between individuals. To avoid over-diagnosing it is important to determine the amount of sand that can be found in horses without clinical signs of gastrointestinal disease. The aim of this study was to use previously suggested parameters for establishing a radiographic diagnosis of sand colic and compare these findings between a sand colic group and a control group. Methods Abdominal radiographs were obtained in 30 horses with a complaint unrelated to the gastrointestinal tract. In addition archived abdominal radiographs of 37 clinical cases diagnosed with sand impaction were investigated. The size of the mineral opacity indicative of sand in the abdomen was measured and graded according to a
