sleepy foal disease

sleepy foal disease
a usually fatal type of equulosis affecting foals within the first three days of life, characterized by sudden onset and extreme prostration.

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  • equulosis — equu·lo·sis (ek″wə loґsis) [L. equulus a foal + osis] actinobacillosis in horses and sometimes pigs, usually seen in the first few weeks of life, involving infection with Actinobacillus equuli. Symptoms in foals are purulent arthritis …   Medical dictionary

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