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Eighteen horses had thoracic radiographs taken that were scored by a board-certified radiologist utilizing a previously described system. Total scores were recorded and compared between control and diseased patients.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results\/Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>Ultrasonographic scores were significantly higher in the diseased group (median= 126) than in the control group (median = 20, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.01). Receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis identified a sensitivity of 66.7% (95% CI 0.417\u20131) and specificity of 92.3% (95% CI 0.462\u20131) for the ability of ultrasonography to identify bacterial pneumonia utilizing a TUS score cutoff of 37.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions and clinical importance<\/jats:title><jats:p>TUS had moderate sensitivity and high specificity for identification of bacterial pneumonia in adult horses. 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