| failure of hyperimmune plasma to prevent pneumonia caused by rhodococcus equi in foals. | a trial was conducted on a thoroughbred stud to determine whether or not the administration of anti-rhodococcus equi hyperimmune plasma would reduce the prevalence of r equi pneumonia (rattles) in foals born in the 1992 horse breeding season. hyperimmune plasma was administered to 34 foals; another 57 foals were untreated. there was no significant difference in the number of transfused foals developing r equi pneumonia compared with the untreated foals. the time required for recovery from pneumo ... | 1995 | 8929188 |