Retrospective study of the relationships between age, inflammation and the isolation of bacteria from the lower respiratory tract of thoroughbred horses

Chapman, R.; Green, C.; P. M. Main, J.; Taylor, PM; Cunningham, F.M.; J. C. Cook, A.; M. Marr, Celia

doi:10.1136/vr.146.4.91

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Retrospective study of the relationships between age, inflammation and the isolation of bacteria from the lower respiratory tract of thoroughbred horses

Published in Veterinary Record • Jan 1, 2000

Authors:

R. Chapman

C. Green

J. P. M. Main

Abstract

A total of 1235 tracheal aspirates taken from 724 thoroughbreds in race training, aged from two to 10 years, were examined cytologically and bacteriologically. An inflammation scoring system on a scale of 0 to 9 was devised to allow the severity of lower airway disease to be assessed from the cytolo...

Subject

Actinobacillus

Pasteurella

Inflammation

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