Comparison of psyllium feeding at home and nasogastric intubation of psyllium and magnesium sulfate in the hospital as a treatment for naturally occurring colonic sand (geosediment) accumulations in horses: a retrospective study

Table 1 Complaints for the horses included in the study and treated with feeding (Group 1), nasogastric tubing once and feeding (Group 2), or daily nasogastric tubing (Group 3) of psyllium and/or MgSO₄

Reason for radiographs^a	Group 1 (n = 57)	Group 2 (n = 19)	Group 3 (n = 170)	All (n = 246)
Colic: acute	12	17	104	133
Colic: recurrent	1	0	27	28
Loose feces	28	2	36	66
Poor performance	16	1	10	27
Weight loss	3	0	7	10
Owner suspected sand	3	0	12	15
Hyperesthesia, behavioural changes	0	0	11	11
Not known	2	1	7	10

^a52 horses were presented with a history and complaint of more than one clinical symptom

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