| four cases of tyzzer's disease in foals in england. | a rodent pathogen, bacillus piliformis, has been recognised as causing a rapidly fatal hepatitis in 4 foals in england. the disease in foals has been recognised in america since 1973. a clinico-pathological account of the 4 cases is given and the differential diagnosis discussed. the 4 foals' ages fell within a very narrow range (24-34 days). some of the properties of this unusual intracellular pathogen are reviewed. for the first time in the equine the bacillus was seen in association with myoc ... | 1976 | 954720 |