Clinical features, diagnostic findings, and treatment response in Finnish horses examined for equine inflammatory bowel disease.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Equine inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is challenging to diagnose and treat. Although the number of horses examined due to suspicion of IBD is increasing, the different treatments in clinical patients and their responses are not well documented. We sought to characterize the demography, signs, clinical and rectal biopsy findings, and treatment response in Finnish horses suspected to have IBD. Horses undergoing clinical examination due to suspected IBD in 2022 and with a good-quality rectal biopsy were selected for the study. General information, signs, clinical and histological findings, and treatment response were collected retrospectively from owners and participating clinics. The effect of variables on symptoms, treatment response, and biopsy results was assessed usi

SUBMITTER: Pekkarinen HM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12781275 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature