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Endocarditis and pericarditis

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Marr C.M.
In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 15, 2018
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Infective endocarditis is usually a bacterial, or rarely fungal, infection of the valvular or mural endocardium. The most common site of infection is the mitral valve, closely followed by the aortic valve. The tricuspid valve is affected most frequently in horses with septic jugular vein thrombophlebitis. Horses of all ages can be affected but the condition is more common in younger animals. The condition has been reported in males more often than females ...

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Marr, C. (2020) “Endocarditis and pericarditis”, BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2018. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/beva/beva-annual-congress-birmingham-2018/endocarditis-and-pericarditis (Accessed: 12 September 2024).

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Rossdales Equine Hospital and Diagnostic Centre, Cotton End Road, Exning, Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8 8SF, UK.

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