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Early Indicators of Critical Outcomes in Horses Presenting With Abdominal Pain (Colic): Retrospective Study of Out‐Of‐Hours First‐Opinion Emergency Cases From Two Practices Over a 3‐Year Period (2011–2013)
Author(s) -
A. Bowden,
J. H. Burford,
T. S. Mair,
W. Furness,
F. Cunningham,
B. Wagner,
A. de Mestre
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
equine veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.82
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 2042-3306
pISSN - 0425-1644
DOI - 10.1111/evj.18_12732
Subject(s) - medicine , period (music) , retrospective cohort study , general surgery , abdominal pain , emergency medicine , surgery , acoustics , physics
Methods: The study population consisted of 5247 healthy horses from 18 states. Serum samples from these horses were tested for IgG to ECoV using an ELISA based on a recombinant protein containing two immunodominant areas of the spike protein of ECoV. Risk factors analysed in this study included geographic region, age, breed, sex and use. Univariate logistic regression of each prevalence factor was performed to determine the odds ratios associated with the various risk factors. Further, a mixed effects logistic regression model was developed to include significant risk factors and the random effects parameter of horses originating from the same farm. Statistical significance was set at P<0.05.