EQUINE INTRACECAL FLUID THERAPY

Abstract

In daily equine medical practice is often necessary to re-establish or maintain hemodynamic balance with fluids and electrolytes, mainly due to digestive tract diseases. This study aimed to evaluate therapeutic cecal fistulization surgery, with a catheter placement and the main trans and post-operative complications. Six healthy horses, females and males they were submitted to two periods of total fast – hydric and nutritional – one period without hydration and the other with enteral hydration by intracecal route. We could observe that surgical catheter implant is a viable and low cost option for hydration and electrolyte therapy in horses.