HEART-DISEASE IN THE FOAL - 2 CASE-STUDIE S WITH A LITERATURE-REVIEW

A review of the congenital and acquired heart diseases of foals is giv en on the basis of two patients. A 3-month-old foal with a history of collapse after exercise had a systolic murmur on all heart valves on b oth sides. Necropsy revealed endocarditis ulcerosa of the left atriove ntricular valves. A 6-week-old foal with systolic murmur on the left a trioventricular valves and on the aorta showed, on ultrasonography, si gns of endocarditis of the atrioventricular valves. This foal recovere d after a long course of antibiotics.