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A three-year-old gelding was box walking, sweating, stamping and head pressing. A sample of peritoneal fluid was collected and examined immediately. It was turbid and serosanguineous, and had an NCC of 21 × 109/l and a TP of 43 g/l. Cells seen in a cytospin preparation of the fluid are shown (Wright–Giemsa, ×100 oil).


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