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Veterinary Question of the Day: 2-year Old Mare
Sore and Reluctant to Move

unnamedA 2-year old mare presents to you several weeks after recovering from a mild upper respiratory infection.

She now presents with edema and sloughing of the legs (a larger image is in the answer sheet), chest and abdomen as well as mucosal petechial hemorrhages.

She is sore and reluctant to move. Biopsy of the skin lesion is consistent with aseptic necrotizing vasculitis.

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