Equine tracheobronchial lavage: comparison of lavage cytologic and pulmonary histopathologic findings
Larson, V.L.; Busch, R.H.
American Journal of Veterinary Research 46(1): 144-146
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0002-9645 PMID: 3970417 Document Number: 248062
Differential cell counts were done on bronchial lavage specimens from 166 horses. Post-mortem and histological examinations showed that 92 (55%) were healthy, 18 (11%) had interstitial pneumonia, 13 (8%) had bronchopneumonia, 13 (8%) had focal eosinophilia, 11 (7%) had diffuse eosinophilia, 11 (7%) had chronic bronchitis, and 8 (5%) had suppurative bronchitis. Little relationship was found between cellular features of the lavage specimens and the pathological status of the lungs of individual horses.