Veterinary Vertex
Veterinary Vertex
AVMA Journals
Inside the Fight Against Foal Pneumonia
22 minutes Posted Jul 20, 2025 at 5:00 pm.
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] Personal questions with the researchers
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Send us Fan Mail The battle against Rhodococcus equi, a devastating bacterial pneumonia in foals, continues to challenge equine veterinarians more than a century after its discovery. This fascinating conversation with Drs. Noah Cohen and Devynn Volding illuminates a previously unexplored aspect of a common preventive measure: the safety of hyperimmune plasma transfusions from an electrolyte perspective. When veterinarians transfuse 1-2 liters of hyperimmune plasma into newborn foals, they're...