ASSESSMENT OF THE PRACTICAL RESPONSE TO TREATING COLIC WITH ACUPUNCTURE IN ARABIAN HORSES

The research was conducted on /145/ Arabian horses, that suffered from abdominal visceral pain (colic), in Syria from the Equestrian clubs and Private stables in the governorates of Homs, Hama, and Damascus country-side, for the period of October 2019 till the end of March 2022. The horses were subjected to a dry-needling and an aqua-acupuncture technique through the acupoints map for /30/ minutes session. The cases were classified according to the colic type; spasmodic colic, flatulent colic, impactive colic, obstructive colic, and colic with displacements of intestine. This was done to record the practical response of acupuncture for treating colic in Arabian horses. The results of this study showed the efficiency of acupuncture sessions in treating colic of Arabian horses, and the benefit of sharing acupuncture with the traditional method of treating colic. The last procedure increases recovery rates, and speed up recovery in comparison with treating in each method alone.