Effect of intestinal resection on two juvenile horses with granulomatous enteritis

Two horses were presented with lethargy, weight loss, anorexia, and swelling of the limbs and ventral body wall. One horse, a 12‐month‐old American Paso Fino colt, also had acute abdominal pain. The other horse, a seven‐month‐old Tennessee Walking Horse (TWH) filly passed diarrheic stools during the...

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Published in:Journal of veterinary internal medicine 1990-05, Vol.4 (3), p.153-156
Main Authors: Schumacher, J. (Auburn University, AL), Moll, H.D, Spano, J.S, Barone, L.M, Powers, R.D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ANIMALES JOVENES
Animals
CABALLOS
CASE REPORTS
Cecostomy - veterinary
CHEVAL
Colon - pathology
ENFERMEDADES INMUNOLOGICAS
ENTERITE
ENTERITIS
Enteritis - pathology
Enteritis - surgery
Enteritis - veterinary
Female
Granuloma - pathology
Granuloma - surgery
Granuloma - veterinary
Horse Diseases - pathology
Horse Diseases - surgery
HORSES
IMMUNOLOGICAL DISEASES
Jejunostomy - veterinary
Jejunum - pathology
JEUNE ANIMAL
MALADIE IMMUNOLOGIQUE
Male
RESECCION
RESECTION
YOUNG ANIMALS
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Summary:Two horses were presented with lethargy, weight loss, anorexia, and swelling of the limbs and ventral body wall. One horse, a 12‐month‐old American Paso Fino colt, also had acute abdominal pain. The other horse, a seven‐month‐old Tennessee Walking Horse (TWH) filly passed diarrheic stools during the initial examination. Each horse had low serum protein, neutropenia, and a normal packed cell volume (3.2 g/dl, 1300 cells/ul, and 38%, respectively, for the colt, and 2.4 g/dl, 696 cells/ul, and 44%, respectively for the filly). After intravenously administering plasma, the colt's PCV dropped to 23%, and the filly's dropped to 30%. During exploratory surgery, 3.5 and 2.0 meters of thickened terminal small intestine were removed from the colt and filly respectively, and a jejunocecostomy performed. The results of histologic examination of resected intestine were consistent with a diagnosis of equine granulomatous enteritis (EGE). Both horses showed clinical improvement within two days after surgery. The colt developed a neutrophilia (20,500 cells/ul) within 24 hours of surgery. Serum protein concentrations remained stable and gradually elevated to normal or near normal values of 7.0 g/dl (colt) and 5.8 g/dl (filly) by two weeks. The colt was killed four months after surgery because of signs of abdominal pain. Postmortem examination revealed a small intestinal volvulus associated with an adhesion. The TWH filly remains clinically normal 13 months after surgery. (Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 1990; 4:153–156)
ISSN:0891-6640
1939-1676
DOI:10.1111/j.1939-1676.1990.tb00889.x