Consolidating pneumonia and pneumothorax in a horse
Spurlock, S.L.; Spurlock, G.H.; Donaldson, L.L.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 192(8): 1081-1082
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-1488 PMID: 3372335 Document Number: 322909
A 3-year-old Thoroughbred mare with signs of acute abdominal pain and chronic pneumonia was found to have pneumothorax. A single application of suction was successful in resolving the pneumothorax. The underlying pneumonia was treated with long-term antibiotic administration selected on the basis of results of bacteriologic culture and antimicrobial susceptibility testing of a transtracheal aspirate. The pneumonia resolved, and the mare returned to competition as a show hunter.