Horses with clinical signs of unprovoked or excessive hemorrhage should be evaluated for underlying platelet defects or coagulopathies. This article provides an overview of preliminary screening and definitive tests to assess coagulation and identify hemostatic defects in horses, as well as a review of the hemostatic disorders most frequently encountered in clinical practice.
Keywords: Coagulopathy; Disseminated intravascular coagulation; Fibrinolysis; Hemorrhage; Hemostasis; Horse.
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