Clostridium perfringens type C enterotoxemia in a newborn foal.
A 1-day old, full-term foal with a history of colic died 2 hours after admission. Necropsy revealed an extremely flaccid, fluid-filled intestinal tract. Histopathologically, the superficial intestinal mucosa was completely necrotic, with minimal inflammatory response. Numerous large, gram-positive rods covered the villi. Clostridium perfringens was isolated on bacteriologic culturing of the intestinal tract contents and was identified as type C by toxin neutralization tests.
D000818:Animals; D000831:Animals, Newborn; D003015:Clostridium Infections / Q000662:veterinary*; D003016:Clostridium perfringens; D004767:Enterotoxemia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006736:Horses; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology