ArticleJournal of veterinary internal medicine
Infectious agents detected in the feces of diarrheic foals: a retrospective study of 233 cases (2003-2008).
Article in Journal of veterinary internal medicine. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Effect of a probiotic on prevention of diarrhea and Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens shedding in foals.Journal of veterinary internal medicineTrial
- Prevalence ofCanadian journal of veterinary research = Revue canadienne de recherche veterinaire · 2026Article
- Article
- Cross-neutralization and antigenic characterization of simian and equine group A rotaviruses.Journal of virology · 2026Article
- Maternal Immunization with VP8* mRNA Vaccine Yields Superior Passive Transfer of Rotavirus-Neutralizing Antibodies to Foals.Vaccines · 2026Article
- Immunological insights into the occurrence ofVeterinary world · 2025Article
- Equine Rotavirus A Outbreaks in Ireland (2023-2024): An Epidemiological Investigation and Virus Genotyping.Viruses · 2025Article
- Relationship between the components of mare breast milk and foal gut microbiome: shaping gut microbiome development after birth.The veterinary quarterly · 2024Article
- Antimicrobial Resistance in Equines: A Growing Threat to Horse Health and Beyond-A Comprehensive Review.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Carbonate buffer mixture and fecal microbiota transplantation hold promising therapeutic effects on oligofructose-induced diarrhea in horses.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2024Article
- Enterococcus durans infection and diarrhea in Thoroughbred foals.Journal of veterinary internal medicine · 2022Article
- Clostridioides difficile infection and One Health: an equine perspective.Environmental microbiology · 2022Review
- Gut Microbiota Manipulation in Foals-Naturopathic Diarrhea Management, or Unsubstantiated Folly?Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Equine rotavirus infection.Journal of equine science · 2021Review
- Clostridioides difficile carriage in animals and the associated changes in the host fecal microbiota.Anaerobe · 2020Article
- NetF-producingJournal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2020Review
- The effects of a nutritional supplement containing salacinol in neonatal Thoroughbred foals.Journal of equine science · 2020Article
- Foal Diarrhea: Established and Postulated Causes, Prevention, Diagnostics, and Treatments.The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice · 2018Review
- Nutritional management of the foal with diarrhoea.Equine veterinary education · 2018Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundDiarrhea is common in foals but there are no studies investigating the relative prevalence of common infectious agents in a population of hospitalized diarrheic foals.
objectivesTo determine the frequency of detection of infectious agents in a population of hospitalized foals with diarrhea and to determine if detection of specific pathogens is associated with age, outcome, or clinicopathologic data. ANIMALS: Two hundred and thirty-three foals < or = 10 months of age with diarrhea examined at a referral institution.
methodsRetrospective case series. Each foal was examined for Salmonella spp., viruses, Clostridium difficile toxins, Clostridium perfringens culture, C. perfringens enterotoxin, Cryptosporidium spp., and metazoan parasites in feces collected at admission or at the onset of diarrhea.
resultsAt least 1 infectious agent was detected in 122 foals (55%). Rotavirus was most frequently detected (20%) followed by C. perfringens (18%), Salmonella spp. (12%), and C. difficile (5%). Foals < 1 month of age were significantly more likely to be positive for C. perfringens (odds ratio [OR] = 15, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 3.5-66) or to have negative fecal diagnostic results (OR = 3.0, 95% CI = 1.7-5.2) than older foals. Foals > 1 month of age were significantly more likely to have Salmonella spp. (OR = 2.6, 95% CI = 1.2-6.0), rotavirus (OR = 13.3, 95% CI = 5.3-33), and parasites (OR = 23, 95% CI = 3.1-185) detected compared with younger foals. Overall 191 of the 223 foals (87%) survived. The type of infectious agent identified in the feces or bacteremia was not significantly associated with survival. CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE: In the population studied, foals with diarrhea had a good prognosis regardless of which infectious agent was identified in the feces.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.