title: An outbreak of African horsesickness in dogs.
abstract: Several dogs died from African horsesickness which was contracted by the consumption of uncooked meat from the carcase of a horse that had died from the disease. Respiratory embarrassment was the main clinical sign, while marked hydrothorax and pulmonary congestion and oedema were the major post mortem findings. Serotype 6 horsesickness virus was isolated from 2 of these dogs.
mesh_terms: D000355:African Horse Sickness / Q000473:pathology*; D000356:African Horse Sickness Virus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000818:Animals; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D004285:Dogs; D006736:Horses; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology