Publications
| equine abortion and stillbirth in central kentucky during 1988 and 1989 foaling seasons. | pathologic and microbiologic examinations were performed on 1,211 aborted equine fetuses, stillborn foals, and placentas from premature foals in central kentucky during the 1988 and 1989 foaling seasons to determine the causes of reproductive loss in the mare. placentitis (19.4%) and dystocia-perinatal asphyxia (19.5%) were the 2 most important causes of equine reproductive loss. the other causes (in decreasing order) were contracted foal syndrome and other congenital anomalies (8.5%), twinning ... | 1993 | 8286455 |
| microbiologic and pathologic findings in an epidemic of equine pericarditis. | during the spring and summer of 2001 and in association with the mare reproductive loss syndrome, 22 terminal and 12 clinical cases of equine pericarditis were diagnosed in central kentucky. actinobacillus species were the principal isolates from 8 of 10 nontreated, terminally affected and 3 of 10 clinically affected horses. enterococcus faecalis and streptococcus zooepidemicus were cultured from the remaining 2 nontreated terminal cases. no viruses were isolated in tissue culture. nucleic acid ... | 2005 | 15690949 |