Image Database: African Horse Sickness

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View Larger Picture		 Photo #: AHS_001
Description:
Horse. Abundant froth draining from the nostrils reflects severe pulmonary edema.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Picture		 Photo #: AHS_002
Description:
Horse. The lung exhibits severe interlobular edema. There are petechiae on the pulmonary pleura and the splenic capsule.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Picture		 Photo #: AHS_003
Description:
Horse, peritoneal cavity. There is excessive straw-colored fluid (hydroperitoneum).
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Picture		 Photo #: AHS_004
Description:
Horse, heart. The pericardial sac contains excessive, slightly turbid straw-colored fluid (hydropericardium).
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Picture		 Photo #: AHS_005
Description:
Horse, heart. There are many subendocardial hemorrhages.
Credit: PIADC
   

View Larger Picture		 Photo #: AHS_006
Description:
Horse, skeletal muscle. There is marked intermuscular edema.
Credit: Noah's Arkive-PIADC
   

View Larger Picture		 Photo #: AHS_007
Description:
Horse, cecum. There are serosal petechiae on the apex of the cecum.
Credit: Noah's Arkive-PIADC

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These images were annotated by Dr. Steve Sorden and funding was provided by a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant in collaboration with the Iowa State University Department of Veterinary Pathology, Center for Food Security and Public Health, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, and Plum Island Animal Disease Center.