sand colic
Britishnoun
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Too much and they can get sand colic and die.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2010
Dry weather and sand colic had claimed some of his best work horses.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar
Sand clogged their stomachs and they died with sand colic.
From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar
If horses eat dirty grass for any length of time, the sand and dirt, besides damaging the teeth, is likely to accumulate in the intestines and give rise to what is known as sand colic.
From Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies by Nunn, Joshua A.
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