TY - JOUR
T1 - Lawsonia intracellularis proliferative enteropathy in a foal
AU - Feary, D. J.
AU - Gebhart, C. J.
AU - Pusterla, Nicola
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PY - 2007/3
Y1 - 2007/3
N2 - A weanling foal was diagnosed with proliferative enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis based on history, clinical findings of depression, anorexia, weight loss, colic, diarrhea, and ventral edema, and a combination of serology and fecal PCR. An epidemiological investigation on the premises revealed that many of the other foals and adult horses were seropositive for L. intracellularis, despite being clinically normal, and identified a dog as a potential carrier and source of infection for the foal. The foal was successfully treated with a combination of azithromycin and rifampin.
AB - A weanling foal was diagnosed with proliferative enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis based on history, clinical findings of depression, anorexia, weight loss, colic, diarrhea, and ventral edema, and a combination of serology and fecal PCR. An epidemiological investigation on the premises revealed that many of the other foals and adult horses were seropositive for L. intracellularis, despite being clinically normal, and identified a dog as a potential carrier and source of infection for the foal. The foal was successfully treated with a combination of azithromycin and rifampin.
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Equine proliferative enteropathy
KW - Foal
KW - Lawsonia intracellularis
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U2 - 10.1024/0036-7281.149.3.129
DO - 10.1024/0036-7281.149.3.129
M3 - Article
C2 - 17410971
AN - SCOPUS:33947319143
VL - 149
SP - 129
EP - 133
JO - Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde
JF - Schweizer Archiv fur Tierheilkunde
SN - 0036-7281
IS - 3
ER -
