Anaemia, diarrhoea and opportunistic infections in Fell ponies
| Autor: | D. F. Kelly, A. J. M. Richards, J.B. Dixon, M. T. Cheeseman, Derek C. Knottenbelt |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
Diarrhea
Male medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class animal diseases Hyperkeratosis Antibiotics Opportunistic Infections Biology digestive system Gastroenterology Enteritis biology.animal Internal medicine parasitic diseases medicine Animals Horses Adenovirus infection Euthanasia Pony Respiratory infection Anemia General Medicine medicine.disease United Kingdom medicine.anatomical_structure Bronchiolitis Immunology Female Horse Diseases Respiratory tract |
| Zdroj: | Europe PubMed Central |
| ISSN: | 2042-3306 0425-1644 |
| DOI: | 10.2746/042516400777591174 |
| Popis: | This report summarises clinical and pathological observations on Fell pony foals with a range of signs that included ill thrift, anaemia, respiratory infection, glossal hyperkeratosis and diarrhoea. Some of the foals had normochromic, normocytic anaemia and some had low levels of plasma proteins, including immunoglobulin G. Antibiotic and supportive treatment was ineffective and all affected foals died or were killed on humane grounds. Postmortem examination of 12 foals and tissues from 2 other foals revealed a range of lesions that included glossal hyperkeratosis, typhlocolitis, intestinal cryptosporidiosis, granulomatous enteritis, proliferative and necrotising bronchiolitis consistent with adenovirus infection; lesions similar to those in the respiratory tract were present in the salivary gland and pancreas of individual foals. Lymphoid tissue was judged to be smaller than expected. These observations suggest the possibility of opportunistic infections secondary to some form of undefined immunocompromised state. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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