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Differential diagnosis
• Equine herpesvirus Respiratory: EHV infection.
• Equine rhinovirus Rhinovirus infection.
• Primary bacterial respiratory tract infection Lung: pneumonia - bacterial, eg Streptococcusspp
infection Streptococcus spp.
• Fungal respiratory tract infection.
• Picornavirus infection.
• Adenovirus infection Equine adenovirus infection (EAI).
• Equine infectious arteritis Equine viral arteritis (EVA) .
• Equine parainfluenza virus infection.
• Reovirus infection.
Treatment
Initial symptomatic treatment
• Broad spectrum antibiotic cover Therapeutics: antimicrobials of affected foals with ampicillin Ampicillin.
• Stall rest.
Exercise may exacerbate clinical signs however there is no evidence of a long-term effect of
exercise during illness.
• Diphenhydramine Diphenhydramine to suppress coughing.
Coughing may be useful in clearing infection.
Standard treatment
• Use of amantidine (an anti-viral agent) has been suggested.
May cause seizures.
Monitoring
• Clinical signs.
• Serology.
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