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## Background Colic (abdominal pain) is a clinical condition of serious concern affecting the welfare and survival of donkeys at the Donkey Sanctuary in the UK. One of the most commonly reported causes is due to impacted ingesta in the large intestine ("impaction colic"). However little is known about the incidence of, or risk factors for, this condition. Here we describe the epidemiology of colic in donkeys, specifically impaction colic. We focus on temporal aspects of the disease and we identify environmental and management related risk factors for impaction colic in UK donkeys. ## Results There were 807 colic episodes in the population of 4596 donkeys between January 1^st^ 2000 and March 31^st^ 2005. The majority (54.8%) of episodes were due to a suspected or confirmed diagnosis of impaction of the gastrointestinal tract. The mortality risk for all colics (51.1%) was higher than reported in other equids. The incidence rate of all colics (5.9 episodes per 100 donkeys per year) and of impaction colic (3.2 episodes) was similar to that in horses. A retrospective matched case-control study of all impaction colics from January 2003 (193) indicated that older donkeys, those fed extra

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Author

Ruth Cox; Christopher J Proudman; Andrew F Trawford; Faith Burden; Gina L Pinchbeck

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2005-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1746-6148)

Published

2007

Language

EN

Field

Agricultural and Biological Sciences (Life Sciences)