Transplacental infection of a foal with Anaplasma phagocytophilum
| Autor: | Daniela Bedenice, C. E. Dixon |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Pregnancy
Transplacental transmission biology 040301 veterinary sciences Equine business.industry Neonatal encephalopathy animal diseases 0402 animal and dairy science Transplacental Physiology 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences medicine.disease biology.organism_classification 040201 dairy & animal science Anaplasma phagocytophilum digestive system 0403 veterinary science Foal biology.animal parasitic diseases medicine Anaplasma Anaplasmosis business |
| ISSN: | 0957-7734 |
| Popis: | This is the first report to document transplacental transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophillum in the horse. A 4‐year‐old late‐term pregnant mare presented for a recent onset of pyrexia due to equine granulocytic anaplasmosis (EGA). She was hospitalised for treatment with oxytetracycline and monitoring of high‐risk foaling due to significant thrombocytopenia. Parturition occurred overnight, and the foal was PCR positive for A. phagocytophilum at birth. The foal was slow to stand and nurse, with signs of neonatal encephalopathy and anaplasmosis (thrombocytopenia). Therapy with oxytetracycline resulted in complete clinical recovery of the mare and foal within 5 days. Congenital anaplasmosis should be considered in any foal delivered to a mare suffering from EGA during late‐term pregnancy and guide appropriate antimicrobial therapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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