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Actinobacillus suis septicaemia in two foals
Author(s) -
Nelson K. M.,
Darien B. J.,
Konkle D. M.,
Hartmann F. A.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.138.2.39
Subject(s) - pony , anorectic , foal , antimicrobial , actinobacillus , neutropenia , medicine , diarrhea , veterinary medicine , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , body weight , genetics , periodontitis , toxicity
A 24‐hour‐old Hackney pony filly developed signs of weakness, depression and a poor suck reflex, with harsh lung sounds over both fields, and a 48‐hour‐old Arabian colt from a normal birth which had sucked vigorously developed loose stools and became depressed, weak and anorectic. Both foals had serum IgG concentrations greater than 800 mg/dl, but each had a severe neutropenia with a left shift, and blood cultures from both of them yielded Actinobacillus suis . The A suis isolates had different antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and, in the case of the Arabian, the isolate was resistant to commonly used broad spectrum antimicrobial agents.