Open AccessDiagnosis, Treatment, Control, and Prevention of Infections Caused by R hodococcus equi in Foals
Author(s) -
Giguère S.,
Cohen N.D.,
Keith Chaffin M.,
Slovis N.M.,
Hondalus M.K.,
Hines S.A.,
Prescott J.F.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of veterinary internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.356
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1939-1676
pISSN - 0891-6640
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-1676.2011.00835.x
Subject(s) - rhodococcus equi , medicine , pneumonia , pathogen , disease , facultative , horse , intensive care medicine , immunology , microbiology and biotechnology , virulence , biology , biochemistry , gene , paleontology , botany
Rhodococcus equi , a Gram‐positive facultative intracellular pathogen, is one of the most common causes of pneumonia in foals. Although R. equi can be cultured from the environment of virtually all horse farms, the clinical disease in foals is endemic at some farms, sporadic at others, and unrecognized at many. On farms where the disease is endemic, costs associated with morbidity and mortality attributable to R. equi may be very high. The purpose of this consensus statement is to provide recommendations regarding the diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of infections caused by R. equi in foals.