sand colic

British  

noun

1. vet science a form of colic caused by the ingestion of sand or eating sand-contaminated feeds and subsequent collection of sand in the gastrointestinal tract

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sand colic

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

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.

Sand clogged their stomachs and they died with sand colic.

From The Life of Me; an autobiography by Johnson, Clarence Edgar