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<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Infectious agents and parasites|'''BACK TO INFECTIOUS AGENTS AND PARASITES''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
<big><center>[[Bacteria|'''BACK TO BACTERIA''']]</center></big>
===Overview===
===Overview===
*Found in soil and intestinal tract of animals
*Found in soil and intestinal tract of animals
*Replicates at warm temperatures in soils contaminated by faeces of herbivores
*Replicates at warm temperatures in soils contaminated by faeces of herbivores
*Opportunistic respiratory pathogen of foals under 6 months causing suppurative bronchopneumonia
*Opportunistic respiratory pathogen of foals under 6 months causing suppurative [Bacterial infections#Rhodococcus equi|bronchoneumonia]]
===Clinical infections===
===Clinical infections===
*Bronchopneumonia and lung abscessation in foals less than 4 months
*[[Bacterial infections#Rhodococcus equi|bronchoneumonia]] and lung abscessation in foals less than 4 months
*Acute disease in 1 month-old foals: acute fever, anorexia, bronchopneumonia
*Acute disease in 1 month-old foals: acute fever, anorexia, bronchopneumonia
*Insidious disease in 2-4 month-old foals with coughing, dyspnoea, weight loss, exercise intolerance, loud, moist rales on lung auscultation
*Insidious disease in 2-4 month-old foals with coughing, dyspnoea, weight loss, exercise intolerance, loud, moist rales on lung auscultation
*Occasionally diarrhoea
*Occasionally diarrhoea
*Granulomatous ulcerative enterocolitis and mesenteric lymphadenitis in some foals following ingestion of contaminated sputum
*Granulomatous ulcerative enterocolitis, mesenteric lymphadenitis and [[Peritoneal cavity - inflammatory#Peritonitis|peritonitis]] in some foals following ingestion of contaminated sputum
*Foals over 6 months refractory to pulmonary infection
*Foals over 6 months refractory to pulmonary infection
*Superficial abscesses in horses over 6 months
*Superficial abscesses in horses over 6 months