Equine Internal Medicine Q&A 19
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Auscultation of the ventral lung fields of a four-year-old Thoroughbred-cross gelding revealed a decrease in breath sounds.
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What diagnostic procedure is illustrated in the image? | Thoracocentesis, a surgical puncture of the chest wall into the pleural cavity for aspiration of fluids, also called pleurocentesis.
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What is the value of this procedure? | Thoracocentesis is a procedure which has both diagnostic and therapeutic value.
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What are the normal values for pleural fluid nucleated cell counts and total protein? |
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