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Rhodococcus equi pleuropneumonia in an adult horse
Modest Vengust1, Henry Staempfli, John F Prescott
1Department of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1.
The Canadian Veterinary Journal = La Revue Veterinaire Canadienne
|September 21, 2002
Abstract:
A 10-year-old warmblood gelding was evaluated for intermittent pyrexia, dullness, weight loss, and progressive respiratory disease. Multifocal necrotic pneumonia and pleuritis due to Rhodococcus equi infection was diagnosed. Case management is discussed, as well as factors that may have led to this rare cause of pleuropneumonia in an adult horse.