Idiopathic auto-immune haemolytic anaemia in a horse

Extract Auto-immune haemolytic anaemia is now a well-documented syndrome in man (Wintrobe, 1967 Wintrobe, M. M. 1967. Clinical hematology, Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. [Google Scholar]) and in the dog (Lewis et al, 1963 Lewis, R. M., Henry, W. B., Thornton, G. W. and Gilmore, C. E. 1963. A syndrome of autoimmune hemolytic anaemia and thrombocytopenia in dogs. Proc. 100th meeting Am. vet. med. Ass., : 140–163. [Google Scholar]; Carrol, 1964 Carrol, E. J. 1964. Autoimmune hemolytic anemia in the dog. Calif. Vet., 18: 29–30. [Google Scholar]; Bull et at., 1971 Bull, R. W., Schirmer, R. and Bowdler, A. J. 1971. Autoimmune hemolytic disease in the dog. J. Am. vet. med. Ass., 159: 880–884. [PubMed] , [Google Scholar]; Avolt et al, 1973 Avolt, M. D., Lund, J. E. and Pickett, J. C. 1973. Autoimmune hemolytic disease in the dog. J. Am. Vet. med. Ass., 162: 45–46. [PubMed] , [Google Scholar]). In man auto-immune mechanisms are thought to be the basis of the haemolytic anaemia seen in association with disseminated lupus erythematosis, chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, lymphosarcoma, Hodgkin's disease and infectious mononucleosis. They are also probably the basis of most of the idiopathic acquired haemolytic anaemias (Wintrobe,1967 Wintrobe, M. M. 1967. Clinical hematology, Philadelphia: Lea & Febiger. [Google Scholar]).