Got curious about torsion in horses while reading All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot. The book takes place in the 1930s, but when I did a quick search it seems it is as deadly now.
ETA: By veterinary medicine I mean all treatments, including surgery, not just drugs.
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It isn’t as deadly as it was. If we can get the horse into surgery promptly their chance of survival is significantly higher than it was in the 1930s.
Torsion is still a very serious emergency that progresses very quickly and a horse will die unless it is surgically corrected. As a result, they are often very sick by the time they get to us.
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