title: Advanced techniques in the diagnosis and management of infectious pulmonary diseases in horses.
abstract: Techniques for novel approaches to the diagnosis and management of equine pulmonary disease continue to be developed and used in clinical practice. Diagnostic techniques involving immunoassays and nucleic acid-based tests not only decrease the time in which results become available but increase the sensitivity and specificity of test results. These assays do not substitute for careful clinical evaluation but can shorten the time to a confirmed accurate diagnosis, and thus allow for early initiation of therapeutic strategies and prevention protocols. With further understanding of the molecular biology and immunology of equine pulmonary disease, diagnostic and management techniques should become further refined.
authors.affiliation: New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, 382 West Street Road, Kennett Square, PA 19348, USA. brown@vet.penn.edu
authors.forename: Valerie A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Pamela A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wilkins
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000662:veterinary; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D006736:Horses; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy / Q000662:veterinary*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000662:veterinary; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D014765:Viral Vaccines
chemical_list: D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D000998:Antiviral Agents; D014613:Vaccines, Attenuated; D019444:Vaccines, DNA; D014765:Viral Vaccines