A influência da alimentação na incidência de enterolítiase no trato gastrointestinal de equinos

Abstract

Knowledge about the nutritional practices and digestive physiology of the horse is of paramount importance, because from them, we can meet the physiological needs to obtain a better development. However, few studies about this balancing are verified, and even fewer are related to the specific conditions of the country. The conditions that involve the digestive system, such as colic, diarrhea and enterotoxemia, represent 50% of the medical problems that result in the death of adult horses, among the conditions that affect horses, the occurrence of colic syndrome due to enterolithiasis has been increasingly prominent in several countries. Enteroliths are formed by the deposition of mineral matter from the diet to foreign bodies lodged in the colons of horses, several factors contribute to their incidence, among them, we can highlight an unbalanced diet, with a high content of protein, calcium and magnesium, restricted access to grazing . The present work deals with a case of enterolithiasis in an equine, with a surgical procedure performed at the Cavalos hospital for the removal of a unique artifact with a spherical shape, consisting of minerals, where an intraluminal obstruction of a minor colon occurred, and to punctuate the influence of diet in the predisposition of enterolithiasis.