title: [Dermonecrosis along the course of the caudal branch of the lateral saphenous vein in foals due to a Staphylococcus aureus infection].
abstract: Necrosis of the skin on both lateral aspects of the hind limbs following the caudal branch of the lateral saphenous vein in 22 suckling foals is described. The first clinical signs were observed on days 2-5 post natum. S. aureus was isolated from the wounds. Decubitus in the region of the malleolus lateralis tibiae was considered the starting point of an ascending infection. This type of dermonecrosis was only observed in boxes with hard floors where the straw bedding was pushed aside by the lying foals regularly, never, however, in boxes with deep and permanent sawdust or straw bedding. Therapeutic and preventive measures are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Ambulatorischen und Geburtshilflichen Tierklinik der Veterinärmedizinischen Fakultät der Universität Leipzig.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Elze
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schulz
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Rob
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000833:Animals, Suckling; D004203:Disinfection; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006736:Horses; D006799:Housing, Animal; D006920:Hygiene; D009336:Necrosis; D012501:Saphenous Vein; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000662:veterinary*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
vernacular_title: Dermonekrose im Verlauf des Ramus caudalis der Vena saphena lateralis beim Fohlen infolge einer Staphylococcus-aureus-Infektion.