Clinical Characteristics of Horses with Gastrointestinal Ruptures Revealed During Initial Diagnostic Evaluation: 149 Cases (1990-2002) (21-Nov-2003)
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Common clinical findings associated with acute intestinal rupture include depression, sweating, reluctance to walk, tachycardia, fever, hemoconcentration with normoproteinemia, leukopenia, abnormal mucous membranes, elevated peritoneal fluid protein concentration, and abnormal peritoneal fluid color. Abdominal radiography and ultrasound can be useful diagnostic aids for identification of pneumoperitoneum associated with intestinal rupture.
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