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Lung: abscess
Introduction
- Cause: occasionally a primary condition following stress, eg long-distance travel or strenuous exercise; may be secondary to food aspiration (choke).
- Signs: dyspnea, pyrexia, anorexia, coughing, purulent nasal discharge.
- Diagnosis: history, signs, radiography, ultrasonography, endoscopy.
- Treatment: antibiotic therapy.
- Prognosis: can be poor - needs early diagnosis and aggressive treatment.
Pathogenesis
Predisposing factors
General- Long distance travel.
- Strenuous exercise.
- Primary bacterial pneumonia Lung: pneumonia - neonatal bacterial and abscessation in foals.
- Secondary to pneumonia in adult Lung: pneumonia - bacterial .
Specific
- Esophageal choke with food aspiration.
- Inhaled foreign body.
Diagnosis
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Treatment
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Prevention
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Outcomes
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Further Reading
Publications
Refereed papers
- Recent references from PubMed and VetMedResource.
- Ainsworth D M et al (2000) Effects of pulmonary abscesses on racing performance of horses treated at referral veterinary medical teaching hospitals - 45 cases (1985-1997). JAVMA 216 (8), 1282-1287 PubMed.
- Freestone J F et al (1989) Pulmonary abscessation, hepatoencephalopathy and IgM deficiency associated with Rhodococcus equi in a foal. Aust Vet J 66 (10), 343-344 PubMed.
- Mair T S et al (1989) Pneumonia, lung abscesses and pleuritis in adult horses, a review of 51 cases. EquineVet J 21 (3), 175-180 PubMed.
- Reimer J M et al (1989) Ultrasonography as a diagnostic aid in horses with anaerobic bacterial pleuropneumonia and/or pulmonary abscessation, 27 cases (1984-1986). JAVMA 194 (2), 278-282 PubMed.
- Rantanen N W et al (1986) Diseases of the thorax. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract 2 (1), 49-66 PubMed.