{"id":5450,"date":"2012-03-14T01:24:33","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T18:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/?p=5450"},"modified":"2019-03-23T23:42:52","modified_gmt":"2019-03-24T05:42:52","slug":"sand-colic-in-horses-a-downside-of-mild-winter-and-economy-doesnt-help-either-veterinarian-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/industry\/sand-colic-in-horses-a-downside-of-mild-winter-and-economy-doesnt-help-either-veterinarian-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Sand colic in horses a downside of mild winter and economy doesnt help either, veterinarian says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ALLEGAN &#8212; Veteran Southwest Michigan horse owners likely already know their sandy pasture may require some extra precautions.<br \/>\nBut even they may have failed to factor in the mild and relatively snow-free winter, and how it may contribute to sand colic in horses this spring, warns Michigan State University Extension and an Allegan veterinarian.<br \/>\nThe lack of snow cover has resulted in horses taking in an extra load of sand as they nibble at forage, according to a news release from MSU.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a situation that&#8217;s particularly troubling for horse owners in this part of the state, or for those suffering financial hardship, said Jim Connell, veterinarian at Town &amp; Country Veterinary Hospital in Allegan. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/kalamazoo\/index.ssf\/2012\/03\/not_for_publication_yetsand_co.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Southwest Michigan horse owners likely already know their sandy pasture may require some extra precautions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry","category-veterinary-medicine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5450"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8882,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5450\/revisions\/8882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ebarrelracing.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}