MEDICINE UPDATE: DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENTS Acknowledgments
Subclinical lung consolidations are highly prevalent in foals. In most foals with lung consolidations, the lesions resolve without clinically apparent illness or treatment. Ultrasonographic screening parame- ters have good sensitivity but relatively limited specificity for predicting which foals will progress to clinically-apparent R equi pneumonia.
This project was supported by The American Quarter Horse Foundation, Link Equine Research Endowment at Texas A&M University, the 6666 Ranch and the Michael and Paula Gaughan Fund for Equine Internal Medicine.