Yesterday in Equine Handling class Dr. Kerns brought in his enteroliths that he promised he would show us."Entero" is Latin for intestines and "lith" is Latin for stone. Enteroliths are intestinal stones that form in a horses' intestinal track. Bailing twine, paper clip, nail or anything out of the ordinary can cause enteroliths to form. I think I mentioned enteroliths in a previous post so I will try not to repeat myself.
Dr. Kerns with the 9.75 pound entrolith that formed over at least 2 years. This is the one from the horse that coliced at every horse show. It took 3 veterinarians to get the enterolith out of the horse's intestinal track for a 5 hour procedure.
The hole in the middle was originally filled with twine, there was a little bit left in it. Apparently, the boy scouts pulled the twine out when they were told not to:(
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