Colitis X in horses and red gut in sheep

Authors: Montgomery RH
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 21, Issue 3, pp 52, Mar 1973
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Horse, Livestock, Production animal, Ruminant, Sheep
Subject Terms: Abdomen, Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Disease/defect, Metabolic disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: I should like to comment on two articles in the October, 1972, issue of the N.Z. Veterinary Journal. The first is C. M. Kelly`s “Colitis X in the horse” (pp. 190-2). While Mr Kelly`s case may well be the first New Zealand one to survive, the condition cannot be too uncommon as even this practice, where the horse provides only a minor part of the work, has seen two fatal cases in the last 5 years…

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