Quick Answer. Protein synthesis is a two-step process that individual cells undergo to manufacture proteins necessary to their survival.
Colic in horses can be caused by lack of dental care. Horses that are unable to chew their food properly can suffer from impaction colic, where pieces of poorly chewed hay block portions of the intestine. Have your horse's teeth floated regularly when needed to avoid this type of colic.
on Tuesday, 05 March 2013. Posted in Equine general medicine. Often referred to as pearls or gut rocks, enteroliths are a phenomeon in horses, that can cause colic. When horses ingest a particle that it can't fully digest, the horse's body forms an enterolith in an attempt to protect itself. Particles that cause enteroliths can be anything from string to pebbles. However, recently, Dr. Hughes encountered a case where a horse had a horse shoe nail embedded in an enterolith.