Risk factors for laminitis and nonsurvival in acute colitis: Retrospective study of 85 hospitalized horses (2011-2019).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Acute colitis is a serious cause of morbidity and death in horses. Recent studies have compared clinical features of coronavirus and salmonellosis, but no study has compared clinical features of enteric salmonellosis, coronavirus, and neorickettsiosis.

Hypothesis/objectives

To identify risk factors for laminitis and nonsurvival to discharge in horses with enteric salmonellosis, coronavirus, or neorickettsiosis.

Animals

Eighty-five horses hospitalized for acute colitis from 2011 to 2019.

Methods

Retrospective case series. Medical record review (2011-2019) of adult (≥2 years) horses with colitis. Primary outcomes were laminitis and survival to discharge. Multivariable logistic regression was performed to assess association between variables and the dev

SUBMITTER: Luethy D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8295695 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature