Traditional methods of the Kyrgyz people for the diagnosis and treatment of horse colic

Abstract

Abstract. The purpose of research is the collection and analysis of traditional methods of the Kyrgyz people for the diagnosis and treatment of horse colic from the point of view of scientific veterinary medicine. In the study, methods of observation, interrogation of veterinary specialists and horse breeders were used. A total of 55 carriers of traditional veterinary knowledge were interviewed. The studies were conducted in the pastoral areas of the Kyrgyz Republic, where horse breeding in conditions of year-round grazing, with the preferential using of productive herd technology is mainly used. According to the data of the National Statistical Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic as of 01.01.2020, the total number of horses is 522.6 thousand heads. Results. It has been established that: in the traditional veterinary medicine of the Kyrgyz people, horses were diagnosed with urinary colic – tuttukma (in Kyrgyz), overfeeding – zhem zhatalak (in Kyrgyz), blockage – zhin zhatalak (in Kyrgyz), colic from cold water – suu zhatalak (in Kyrgyz), mechanical intestinal obstruction – sezgenich zhatalak (in Kyrgyz), intestinal flatulence – tүynөk zhatalak (in Kyrgyz); in the diagnosis of horse colic, anamnesis collection methods, observation, rectal examination and auscultation of the abdominal cavity were used. When treating horse colic, Kyrgyz folk veterinary medicine used mechanotherapy methods and medicinal plants, as well as diet and exercise. Our results and their comparison with the data of scientific veterinary medicine confirm that Kyrgyz folk methods for diagnosing and treating colic in horses are in tune with modern algorithms and tactics for diagnosing and treating diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in horses, accompanied by a symptom complex of colic. Scientific novelty. In the conditions of year-round grazing of horses in the Kyrgyz Republic, types of colic were determined, methods for diagnosing and treating diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in horses, accompanied by a symptom complex of colic, were clarified.