Image Database: Equine Piroplasmosis

Additional Resources:
Equine Piroplasmosis Factsheet


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Photo #: EPR_001
Description:
Horse, pleural and peritoneal cavities. There is marked generalized icterus. The blood in the thoracic cavity is thin and watery (anemia).
Credit: AFIP
   

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Photo #: EPR_002
Description:
Horse, heart and lungs. The trachea and pericardial fat are icteric. Lungs are irregularly congested with consolidation of the right cranioventral lung.
Credit: AFIP
   

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Photo #: EPR_003
Description:
Horse, kidney. The cortex is dark red due to hemoglobinemia; medulla and pelvis are icteric.
Credit: AFIP
   

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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.