Publications by authors named "Louise Husted"
Background: Serum amyloid A (SAA) has been reported to hold promise as diagnostic and prognostic marker in foals. This has not been investigated thoroughly.
Objectives: Evaluate admission SAA concentrations as predictor of sepsis and outcome.
Background: It is highly desirable to assess the probability of survival in sick neonatal foals upon admission. The foal survival score (FSS) is a published scoring system used to estimate the probability of survival in hospitalized neonatal foals <4 days old.
Hypothesis/objectives: To evaluate the ability of the FSS to predict survival in older foals from a geographically different area compared to the original study.
Denmark is a country with high prevalence of livestock-associated methicillin-resistant (MRSA) clonal complex (CC) 398 in pigs. Even though pig farming is regarded as the main source of human infection or colonization with MRSA CC398, 10-15% of the human cases appear not to be linked to pigs. Following the recent reports of MRSA CC398 in horses in other European countries and the lack of knowledge on carriage in this animal species, we carried out a study to investigate whether horses constitute a reservoir of MRSA CC398 in Denmark, and to gain knowledge on the frequency and genetic diversity of in horses, including both methicillin-resistant and -susceptible (MSSA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The equine glandular stomach is commonly affected by erosion and ulceration. The aim of this study was to assess whether bacteria, including Helicobacter, could be involved in the aetiology of gastric glandular lesions seen in horses.
Results: Stomach lesions, as well as normal appearing mucosa were obtained from horses slaughtered for human consumption.