[Disseminated intravascular coagulation in the horse: a report of six cases].
Six cases of disseminated intravascular coagulation in the horse are reported. They were characterised clinically by severe subcutaneous oedema of the head and neck, and clinocopathologically by abnormal partial thromboplastin and prothrombin times, a thrombocytopaenia and an increase in fibrin degradation product concentrations. Various aetiologies played a role in the pathogenesis of the condition including African horsesickness, babesiosis, lymphosarcoma and verminosis.
D000355:African Horse Sickness / Q000150:complications; D000818:Animals; D001404:Babesiosis / Q000150:complications; D004211:Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006736:Horses; D008228:Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D010314:Partial Thromboplastin Time / Q000662:veterinary
Gedissemineerde intravaskulêre stolling in perde: 'n verslag van ses gevalle.