Which of the following are common clinical signs of equine piroplasmosis?

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Which of the following are common clinical signs of equine piroplasmosis?

Equine piroplasmosis is a tick-borne protozoal infection that invades red blood cells and causes intravascular hemolysis. The most consistent clinical signs come from that hemolysis and the body’s response to it: fever from the inflammatory reaction, anemia leading to weakness and pale mucous membranes, jaundice from increased bilirubin, and hemoglobinuria from free hemoglobin in the urine. Signs like seizures or coughing are not typical for this disease, so they don’t fit the common presentation.

Equine piroplasmosis is a tick-borne protozoal infection that invades red blood cells and causes intravascular hemolysis. The most consistent clinical signs come from that hemolysis and the body’s response to it: fever from the inflammatory reaction, anemia leading to weakness and pale mucous membranes, jaundice from increased bilirubin, and hemoglobinuria from free hemoglobin in the urine. Signs like seizures or coughing are not typical for this disease, so they don’t fit the common presentation.

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