Differential Diagnoses for Clinical Signs Associated with Uroperitoneum in Foals
Clinical Signs | Potential Diagnoses |
|---|---|
Progressive depression | Uroperitoneum, meconium impaction |
Progressive stranguria | Uroperitoneum, meconium impaction, detrusor sphincter dyssynergia |
Lethargy, tachycardia, tachypnea | Uroperitoneum, septicemia, hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy/neonatal encephalopathy, colic |
Hyponatremia, hypochloremia, azotemia | Uroperitoneum, acute renal failure, ureteral defects causing urine leakage, ureteral dilation caused by ureterovesical dysfunction |