Bronchopneumonia by Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus in a horse with inhalation of pine branch of Araucaria angustifolia

ABSTRACT: Respiratory problems due to tracheobronchial foreign bodies (FBs) are unusual in horses; although equines kept in pastures eventually inhale FBs, as conifer twigs of Araucaria angustifolia. A 1,5-year-old Criolle foal was presented with hemoptysis, dyspnea, restlessness and fever (40.9 ºC...

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Main Authors: Franciéli Adriane Molossi, Tainah Pereira Dal Pont, Joana Vargas Zillig Echenique, Bruno Albuquerque de Almeida, Bruna Correa Lopes, Guilherme Alberto Machado, David Driemeier, Saulo Petinatti Pavarini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Maria 2021-10-01
Series:Ciência Rural
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782022000500451&tlng=en