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Pleuropneumonia in two horses caused by a tracheobronchial foreign body
Author(s) -
Bodecek S.,
Jahn P.,
Ottova L.,
Vavrouchova E.,
Dobesova O.,
Fictum P.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
equine veterinary education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 2042-3292
pISSN - 0957-7734
DOI - 10.1111/j.2042-3292.2010.00188.x
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign body , pleuropneumonia , surgery , horse , foreign bodies , complication , nasal discharge , bronchoscopy , radiology , paleontology , biology
Summary Two horses suffering from a cough, purulent foul smelling nasal discharge, inappetence and intermittent fever were hospitalised at the Equine Clinic in Brno from 2008–2010. A diagnosis was made on the basis of endoscopic examination which revealed a foreign body (thorny branchlet) in the right caudal lobe bronchus in both horses. Pleuropneumonia developed as a complication in both horses. Following endoscopic extraction of the foreign bodies, both horses were treated using antibiotics and drainage of the pleural cavity. One of the patients recovered, the second was subjected to euthanasia at the request of the owner.