Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytologic findings in horses with pneumonia or pleuropneumonia
- 15 March 1991
- journal article
- Published by American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) in Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association
- Vol. 198 (6) , 1001-1004
- https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.1991.198.06.1001
Abstract
Summary: Bronchoalveolar lavage was performed in 22 horses with pneumonia or pleuropneumonia. All horses had clinical evidence of pneumonia or pleuropneumonia on the basis of physical, radiographic, ultrasonographic, tracheobronchial aspirate or postmortem findings. Results of lavage fluid analysis were normal in 9 horses, equivocal in 3 horses, and abnormal in 10 horses. Abnormal lavage fluid had increased total cell count, increased relative and absolute neutrophil counts, degenerative neutrophils, and decreased relative and absolute macrophage and lymphocyte counts.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: