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Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, Vol 18, Issue 4, 412-415
Copyright © 2006 by American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians

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Congenital diaphragmatic eventration in a stillborn foal

C Jackson, PB Collyer, and A Loynachan

College of Agriculture, Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40512-4125, USA. cjackson@uky.edu

A stillborn full term foal was presented at necropsy.The dilated duodenum and the dorsal and ventral left colon and cecum extended into the thoracic cavity and were encased by a thin transparent membrane originating from the diaphragm. The congenital condition was diagnosed as a developmental anomaly with diaphragmatic eventration. To the authors' knowledge, this is the first report of diaphragmatic eventration in a Thoroughbred stillborn foal.




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