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KMID : 1094020140310030250
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Journal of Veterinary Clinics
2014 Volume.31 No. 3 p.250 ~ p.252
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Surgical Correction and Componential Analysis of Enterolith in Horse
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Yang Young-Jin
Cho Young-Jae
Cho Gil-Jae
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Abstract
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After clinical and laboratory tests of a 12-year-old warmblood horse (castrated male, 540 kg) displayingsymptom of pain, a diagnosis of intestinal obstruction due to foreign substances like sand was made and an abdominalsection and enterotomy were conducted to confirm and extract the intestinal stone (enterolith) on the right dorsal partof the ascending colon. The extracted intestinal stone was around 2.9 kg and greenish brown rugby ball sized(22 cm × 10 cm) stone. Analysis of the element components (EDX) using a scanning electron microscope revealedpercentages of C (30.08%), O (39.85%), Mg (3.89%), P (11.15%), and Ca (11.16%) at a magnification of 400. Thiswas the first example of a successful extraction and treatment of intestinal stone in a horse domestically and therebyhas its significance. 줄이기
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KEYWORD
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enterotomy, enterolith, warmblood horse.
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