Table 1.

Blood culture results from 273 neonatal foals presented to 7 referral hospitals during the 2016 foaling season

Gram‐negative organisms	Number of positive results	Percent of Gram‐negative	Percent total positive	Gram‐positive organisms	Number of positive results	Percent of gram‐positive	Percent total positive
Escherichia coli	15	21.1	11.2	Staphylococcus spp	12	19	9
Pantoea agglomerans	12	16.9	9	Enterococcus spp	6	9.5	4.5
Actinobacillus spp	9	12.7	6.7	Staphylococcus spp (coag. neg)	6	9.5	4.5
Enterobacter spp	7	9.9	5.2	Streptococcus (α‐hemolytic)	6	9.5	4.5
Klebsiella pneumonia	7	9.9	5.2	Bacillus spp	5	7.9	3.7
Agrobacterium spp	4	5.6	3	Diptheroids	5	7.9	3.7
Acintobacter spp	3	4.2	2.2	Streptococcus Group A	4	6.3	3
Gram‐Negative rod	3	4.2	2.2	Streptococcus spp	4	6.3	3
Pseudomonas spp.	3	4.2	2.2	Corynebacterium spp	3	4.8	2.2
Salmonella spp	3	4.2	2.2	Gram‐Positive rod	3	4.8	2.2
Gram‐Negative bacilli	2	2.8	1.5	Leifsonia aquatic	3	4.8	2.2
Aeromonas	1	1.4	0.7	Clostridium spp	2	3.2	1.5
Campylobacter fetus	1	1.4	0.7	Curtobacterium flaccumfaciens	1	1.6	0.7
Neisseria	1	1.4	0.7	Gemella morbillorum	1	1.6	0.7
Saccharomyces cerevisiae a	1	–	–	Kytococcus sedantarius	1	1.6	0.7
				Okibacterium fritillariae	1	1.6	0.7
Total	71	100	53		63	100	47

^aCategorized as a yeast (neither Gram‐negative nor Gram‐positive); not factored into percentages.

A total of 135 organisms from 112 foals were recorded.