Neutropenia and salmonellosis in hospitalized horses.
Colitis due to salmonellae was diagnosed in 9 horses following hospitalization for various reasons at the University of Missouri Veterinary Teaching Hospital, from May, 1971, to April, 1972. Diarrhea, fever, and either a neutrophil count of less than or equal to 3,600/cmm or a rapid decline in neutrophil numbers were specific for salmonellosis. The value of hematologic survelillance in hospitalized Equidae was demonstrated in another group of 9 horses with neutropenia, each of which was promptly treated and did not develop colitis. Bacteriologic culturing of fecal samples from 28 clinically normal horses yielded only 2 salmonella isolations, S manhattan in each case. The serotyped salmonellae isolated from the patients with colitis were all S typhimurium, with similar antibiotic resistance patterns.
D000380:Agranulocytosis / Q000662:veterinary*; D000818:Animals; D002701:Chloramphenicol / Q000494:pharmacology; D003092:Colitis / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000494:pharmacology; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology; D006736:Horses; D006760:Hospitalization; D008297:Male; D009503:Neutropenia / Q000097:blood / Q000662:veterinary*; D012475:Salmonella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012481:Salmonella Infections, Animal / Q000097:blood / Q000382:microbiology; D012486:Salmonella typhimurium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000302:isolation & purification
D005839:Gentamicins; D002701:Chloramphenicol