From: Lawsonia intracellularis in the feces of wild rodents and stray cats captured around equine farms
Farm ID | Location | Date diagnosing EPE | Foal serum samples (seropositive/total) | Fecal samples from foals (PCR positive/total) | Mean number of LI shed per gram of fecal samples | Main clinical findings in weanling foals at the occurrence of EPE |
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A | Gyeonggi | January 2011 | 2/5 (40%) | 1/5 (20%) | 1.2 × 105 | Anorexia, fever (rectal temperature > 38.5 °C), weight loss, watery diarrhea |
B | Gangwon | December 2012 | 1/3 (33%) | 1/5 (20%) | 1.0 × 103 | Lethargy, anorexia, weight loss, and watery diarrhea (fecal staining of distal limb) |
C | Chungnam | September 2011 | 3/4 (43%) | 2/5 (40%) | 1.4 × 104 | Lethargy and diarrhea varying from cow pie to watery (fecal staining of distal limb) |
D | Chungnam | February 2013 | 1/6 (17%) | 1/5 (20%) | 1.2 × 104 | Mild lethargy, anorexia, fever, severe weight loss, and watery diarrhea |
E | Jeonbuk | November 2012 | 1/4 (25%) | 1/5 (20%) | 1.3 × 105 | Peripheral edema (ventrum, sheath, and distal limbs), weight loss, and diarrhea |
F | Jeonnam | December 2012 | 6/7 (86%) | 3/5 (60%) | 1.7 × 106 | Lethargy, fever (rectal temperature > 38.5 °C), severe weight loss, and diarrhea varying from cow pie to watery |
G | Gyeongnam | January 2011 | 4/5 (80%) | 2/5 (40%) | 1.2 × 105 | Fever (rectal temperature > 38.5 °C), peripheral edema (ventrum and distal limbs), severe weight loss, watery diarrhea |
H | Jeju | February 2013 | 6/8 (75%) | 4/5 (80%) | 1.7 × 107 | Lethargy, anorexia, fever (rectal temperature > 38.5 °C), severe weight loss, and watery diarrhea |