Postmortem examination of equids >1-year-old with enterotyphlocolitis in Ontario: a retrospective descriptive study.
J Vet Diagn Invest
; 35(4): 349-353, 2023 Jul.
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en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-2327314
ABSTRACT
Equine enterotyphlocolitis is an inflammatory process of the intestinal tract of horses that is associated with multiple etiologic agents and risk factors. Most clinical cases do not have an etiologic diagnosis. We describe here the pathogens detected and the histologic lesions found in horses with enterotyphlocolitis in Ontario that were submitted for postmortem examination, 2007-2019. We reviewed the medical records of 208 horses that fulfilled inclusion criteria. Cultures were positive in 67 of 208 (32%) equids for Clostridium perfringens, in 16 of 208 (8%) for Clostridioides difficile, and in 14 of 208 (7%) for Salmonella spp.; 6 of 208 (3%) were positive for Neorickettsia risticii by PCR assay. One horse was positive in a Rhodococcus equi PCR assay. All horses tested by PCR assay for equine coronavirus and Lawsonia intracellularis were negative. The histologic lesions were characterized as follows 6 of 208 (3%) enteritis, 5 of 208 (2%) typhlitis, 104 of 208 (50%) colitis, 37 of 208 (18%) enterocolitis, 45 of 208 (22%) typhlocolitis, and 11 of 208 (5%) enterotyphlocolitis. We strongly recommend standardized testing of diarrheic horses during and/or after postmortem examination, as well as standardized reporting of histologic lesions in enterotyphlocolitis cases.
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Bases de datos internacionales
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Enteritis
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Enterocolitis
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Enfermedades de los Caballos
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de etiologia
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Animales
País/Región como asunto:
America del Norte
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
J Vet Diagn Invest
Asunto de la revista:
Medicina Veterinaria
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
10406387231176229
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