A Case Report of Equine Lymphatic Leukemia

Abstract

A horse which showed swelling of general lymphatic glands and falling off of the whole body surface was examined clinically, hematologically, anatomico-and histopathologically. The patient progressed with fever in the whole course. In blood examinations, erythrocyte counts decreased only in the terminal stage of disease, but leukocyte counts always increased to 2 to 3 times as high as the regular count and a great many lymphocytes had nuclei abnormal in form.
Anatomico-and histopathological findings were identical with those of lymphosarcomatosis.
From the results of all the examinations, the disease was diagnosed as lymphatic leukemia.