Hydatid disease in a horse.
During routine necropsy of a 28-year-old horse with intestinal volvulus, numerous hydatid cysts were discovered in the liver. Viable protoscolices of Echinococcus granulosus were obtained from the cyst. As a 4-year-old, this horse had been imported from an area that is enzootic for equine hydatidosis.
Binhazim
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Department of Veterinary Pathology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens 30602.
Harmon
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Roberson
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Boerner
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D000818:Animals; D003085:Colic / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D008297:Male