1. [A literature review of equine piroplasmosis after an episode of acute babesiosis in a Dutch Standardbred foal after a stay in Normandy].
- Author
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Butler CM, van Gils JA, and van der Kolk JH
- Subjects
- Animals, Babesiosis diagnosis, Babesiosis pathology, Babesiosis therapy, Blood Urea Nitrogen, Diagnosis, Differential, France, Hematocrit veterinary, Hematologic Tests veterinary, Horse Diseases pathology, Horse Diseases therapy, Horses, Leukocytosis diagnosis, Leukocytosis drug therapy, Leukocytosis pathology, Leukocytosis veterinary, Male, Netherlands, Travel, Treatment Outcome, Antiprotozoal Agents therapeutic use, Babesiosis veterinary, Blood Transfusion veterinary, Horse Diseases diagnosis, Imidocarb therapeutic use
- Abstract
Piroplasmosis, a disease endemic to most tropical and subtropical areas, appears to be spreading to more temperate zones. This article gives a review of equine piroplasmosis and describes an acute case of infection with Babesia caballi in a Dutch Standard bred foal after a short stay at a stud in Normandy (France). A 3-month-old stallion foal was presented with lethargy, fever of 41 degrees C, and pale mucosal membranes. Haematology revealed a low packed cell volume (14 l/l) leucytosis (25 G/l) and a high blood urea nitrogen concentration (20.1mmol/l). Infection with B. caballi was diagnosed on the basis of Giemsa staining blood smears and was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction in combination with RLB. Treatment with imidocarb dipropionate and a blood transfusion resolved the haemolytic crisis.
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- 2005