Depending on your horse's risk factors, your equine veterinarian may also recommend equine influenza, strangles or other vaccines. (equinemedcentercleveland.com)
The susceptibility of camels to glanders, rinderpest and bovine pleuropneumonia. (cdc.gov)
Pneumonia or pleuropneumonia2
Isolation of anaerobes from horses with pneumonia or pleuropneumonia has been associated with a less favorable prognosis in some studies. (nexgenvetrx.com)
Anaerobic bacteria are isolated from approximately one third of adult horses with severe bronchopneumonia, pleuropneumonia, or pulmonary abscessation. (nexgenvetrx.com)
In 2 horses, pleuropneumonia as a complication of the disease of the gastrointestinal tract (colic). (vetpharma.org)
Equine pneumonia is often referred to as "shipping fever" because horses that travel from one location to another are particularly prone to developing the illness. (equinemedcentercleveland.com)
It has also been demonstrated that if we allow horses to have as much head freedom as possible we could significantly decrease the risk of Pleuropneumonia. (itsmypony.com)
Each stall is designed to accommodate three horses but it's important these Olympians travel in the equine equivalent of business class so Team GB horses fly two to a stall. (world-topnews.com)
Porcine1
Of these diseases, epididymitis and orchitis in rams (caused by A. seminis ), sleepy foal disease (caused by A. equuli ), porcine pleuropneumonia (caused by A. pleuropneumoniae ) and pyogranulomatous lesions of the soft tissues of the head - in particular the oral cavity or the forestomachs of cattle, sheep and goats - (caused by A. lignieresii) occur most commonly. (anipedia.org)
Pleural6
When such an infection extends from the pulmonary parenchyma to the visceral pleura and pleural space, the disease is referred to as pleuropneumonia . (nexgenvetrx.com)
The treatment for pleuropneumonia was performed with the thoracocentesis and pleural effusion drainage, the use of systemic and local antibiotics and anti-inflammatory agents and maintenance therapy. (vetpharma.org)
Clinically, CCPP impacts the respiratory system and it is characterized in its severe type by fever, anorexia, and serious respiratory problems with coughing, sinus 9-Dihydro-13-acetylbaccatin III release, dyspnea, polypnea, and fibrinous pleuropneumonia with straw-colored pleural liquid [8,9]. (acp2018.org)
Travel Sickness and Shipping Fever are both common names for Pleuropneumonia, which is a respiratory disease of the lungs and pleural cavity. (itsmypony.com)
When bacteria are allowed to colonise the lungs the horse will develop pneumonia, and as the infection worsens it spreads to the outer pleural cavity causing Pleuropneumonia. (itsmypony.com)
In the case of Pleuropneumonia the treatment will be prolonged and involve repeated removal of large volumes of pleural fluid via chest drains, intravenous fluid support, anti-inflammatories, pain relief and several (or many) courses of antibiotics. (itsmypony.com)
Pleuropneumonia can be mistaken for colic, however early diagnosis is critical as it can quickly become a serious, if not fatal, disease if not treated early. (itsmypony.com)
A history of prolonged transport and stress, clinical signs and blood tests would support a diagnosis of Pleuropneumonia. (itsmypony.com)
Actinobacillus1
Streptococcus equi zooepidemicus is the most common opportunistic pathogen of the equine lung, although Actinobacillus equuli , Bordetella bronchiseptica , Escherichia coli , Pasteurella spp, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa are frequently isolated. (thepharmajournal.com)
Infectious Anemia1
We use the services of several outside laboratories for various other testing including Equine Infectious Anemia (Coggin's) testing, histopathology (biopsy), EPM and Lyme Disease testing, and many other tests and analyses. (runningsequine.com)
Equine disease surveillance, April to June 2010. (cdc.gov)
The mortality from this disease is higher if pleuropneumonia developed after severe gastrointestinal diseases. (vetpharma.org)
In equine Secondary bacterial respiratory infections are primarily initiated by viral disease, because viral respiratory infections impair and destroy respiratory defense mechanisms. (thepharmajournal.com)
Secondary bacterial disease may result in mucosal bacterial infections or may produce more serious invasive disease such as pneumonia and pleuropneumonia. (thepharmajournal.com)
We have the expertise and experience to hospitalize and treat many challenging medical conditions including infectious diseases, gastrointestinal disorders, pleuropneumonia, pleuritis, liver and kidney disease, neurological disorders and compromised neonates. (runningsequine.com)
Veterinarian1
If a horse's heart rate is elevated at rest, an equine veterinarian should be consulted. (mypetszone.com)
Infections2
4 In equine medicine, the term bronchopneumonia is used to reference infections in the lower respiratory tract regardless of whether the infection is localized to the bronchi or involves both the bronchi and the lung parenchyma. (nexgenvetrx.com)
Other causes of Pleuropneumonia can include strenuous exercise, breathing in debris from an arena, track or dusty stables, starvation or viral respiratory infections. (itsmypony.com)
Lung1
104 samples were collected from pneumonic lung tissues from the abattoir, in addition, 10 and 20 samples collected from apparently and diseased sheep, respectively, and 40 and 60 samples were collected from apparently and diseased goats, respectively, which were subjected to isolation onto pleuropneumonia-like organism medium. (bvsalud.org)
PPLO2
Quickly, the CCPP vaccine seed was reconstituted in 5 mL of pleuropneumonia-like microorganisms (PPLO) broth (Difco, Sparks, MD, USA) without serum and filtered through a 0.45-m syringe filter. (acp2018.org)
The flow-through was inoculated in PPLO mass media supplemented with 20% temperature inactivated equine serum (GIBCO, Waltham, MA, USA) and 10% fungus extract (Difco, Sparks, MD, USA). (acp2018.org)
Endometritis1
3 They are also a common cause of equine endometritis in mares. (nexgenvetrx.com)
Equine herpesvirus 1 (EHV-1) and equine herpesvirus-4 (EHV-4) make up 2 distinct groups of viruses. (merckvetmanual.com)
Common1
Any horse can get equine pneumonia, although it's more common in foals, due to their immature immune systems. (equinemedcentercleveland.com)
Medical1
However, an ordered approach to further evaluation is useful for equine practitioners to diagnose many medical disorders as well as to determine when referral to a hospital may be the next logical step. (dvm360.com)