Immunodeficiency/anaemia syndrome in a Dales pony
| Autor: | A. S. Blunden, Stuart D. Carter, F. Malalana, June E Swinburne, R. Papoula-Pereira, Derek C. Knottenbelt, Laura Y Fox-Clipsham |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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Physiology Immunocompromised Host Euthanasia Animal biology.animal Animals Medicine Horses Immunodeficiency General Veterinary biology business.industry Pony Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Horse Anemia General Medicine medicine.disease Immunohistochemistry Pneumonia Parenteral nutrition England Foal Immunology Female Horse Diseases Lymph business |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Record. 165:289-290 |
| ISSN: | 0042-4900 |
| Popis: | THE syndrome of anaemia and immunodeficiency was first recognised in Fell pony foals in the UK in 1997 (Scholes and others 1998) and has since been reported in the same breed in the Netherlands (Butler and others 2006) and the USA (Gardner and others 2006); there have been no reports of the syndrome in any other horse breed. Affected foals are apparently normal at birth, but the disease first manifests at two to six weeks of age; the reported characteristic clinical signs include weakness, dyspnoea, nasal discharge, poor growth, reduced appetite, diarrhoea and pale gums. A profound and progressive fall in red blood cell count (packed cell value [PCV] |
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