Publications by authors named "P P Wilkins"
Objective: To describe indications for and demonstrate the technique to perform a transtracheal aspirate in horses. Transtracheal aspirate is indicated to collect samples for cytology and bacteriologic culture in cases of suspected pneumonia or other lower respiratory tract disease.
Animals: 1 healthy university-owned horse was used for demonstration purposes.
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- - The study aimed to determine the reference interval (RI) for fecal calprotectin (fCP) levels and fCP:protein ratios in healthy horses to assess their potential for diagnosing intestinal inflammation in horses with colic and colitis.
- - Fecal samples were analyzed from 103 healthy horses and 28 horses with intestinal conditions, revealing that colitis cases had significantly higher fCP levels and fCP:protein ratios compared to healthy horses and colic cases.
- - The findings suggest that elevated fCP and fCP:protein ratios could be indicative of colitis but further research is necessary to develop reliable diagnostic tests for equine intestinal inflammation.
Coagulopathy is common in equine critical illness, with its early recognition being crucial for patient management and prognosis. In vitro viscoelastic (VE) hypercoagulability with decreased RCM/PCV has been demonstrated in dogs but not horses. Our objective was to evaluate the effects of acepromazine-induced (0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFEquine gastrointestinal microbial communities vary across the gastrointestinal tract and in response to diet or disease. Understanding the composition and stability of gastric fluid microbiota in healthy horses is a prerequisite to understanding changes associated with the development of disease. The objective of this study was to describe microbial communities in the gastric fluid and feces of healthy horses longitudinally.
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