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Patent ductus arteriosus in a donkey foal

Authors: Lowe JS
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 20, Issue 1-2, pp 15, Jan 1972
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Donkey
Subject Terms: Circulatory system/haematology, Congenital disease, Diagnostic procedures, Pathology
Article class: Correspondence

Abstract: In December 1958, the writer was called to see a new-born Jerusalem donkey foal which was reported to be unable to suck. The foal was very bright and active and it was able to suck the mare`s colostrum from a baby`s bottle. Auscultation of the thorax revealed extraneous cardiac sounds which were unfamiliar to the writer, while the cardiac cycle sounds were irregular in both time and amplitude. A guarded prognosis was given…

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