1. A chronic wasting syndrome in a horse associated with granulomatous enteritis.
- Author
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Bester RC and Coetzer JA
- Subjects
- Animals, Crohn Disease complications, Crohn Disease pathology, Emaciation complications, Granuloma pathology, Horses, Intestine, Small pathology, Male, Syndrome, Crohn Disease veterinary, Emaciation veterinary, Granuloma veterinary, Horse Diseases pathology
- Abstract
A case of granulomatous enteritis in a 2 year-old Thoroughbred colt is reported. Clinically the horse showed chronic wasting and subcutaneous oedema of the ventral parts of the body and legs. Grossly the wall of the jejunum and ileum was uniformly thickened. Microscopically the lamina propria, submucosa and the tunica muscalaris of the small intestine were infiltrated with lymphocytes, plasma cells, epithelioid cells and occasional multinucleated giant cells. The granulomatous reaction was most marked in the muscular layers of the gut wall.
- Published
- 1978