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GRANULOMATOUS ENTERITIS IN A YOUNG STANDARDBRED MARE
Author(s) -
Roberts M. C.,
Kelly W. R.
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
australian veterinary journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.382
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1751-0813
pISSN - 0005-0423
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-0813.1980.tb15980.x
Subject(s) - enteritis , infiltration (hvac) , pathological , pathology , small intestine , granuloma , atrophy , stomach , medicine , histiocyte , ileum , lumen (anatomy) , gastroenterology , physics , thermodynamics
Granulomatous enteritis was diagnosed in a 4‐year‐old Standardbred mare suffering from chronic weight loss, depression, dependent oedema but not diarrhoea. There was hypoproteinaemia (hypoalbuminaemia), lymphocytopaenia and negligible carbohydrate absorption from the small intestine. Pathological changes in almost the entire small intestine included proprial infiltration resulting in partial villous atrophy, and granuloma formation beneath the muscularis which was most severe in the ileum. Slight infiltration occurred in the stomach and the colon. The cells were predominantly lymphocytes and histiocytes. No acid‐fast organisms were found.