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ACVIM Adopts Term 'Equine Asthma' in Consensus Statement
TheHorse.com Recognizing the similarities between inflammatory airway disease (IAD) and recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses (and humans, for that matter) and asthma, one of the important updates in the consensus statement was the recommendation to adopt … |
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Heat Waves, Pollen Could Worsen Equine Asthma Signs
TheHorse.com But could this change in temperatures wreak havoc on a horse with equine asthma? Recent study results suggest that heat waves and pollen—not just dusty hay and surroundings—could also be associated with increased asthma severity in horses. |
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Heaves, COPD, RAO, or Simply Equine Asthma?
TheHorse.com Equine asthma is used to describe the state of airway hyper-responsiveness following inhalation of dust particles commonly found in barns. Such exposure is usually the result of feeding moldy hay. However, some horses present identical signs while … |
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Horse Gene Discovery Could Help in Human Asthma Relief
TheHorse.com “We're able to use the horse as a model for asthma in humans,” said Côté. “We found through our research that horses suffering from RAO had reduced SCGB-1A1 levels. Since an obvious suggestion for treating RAO is to increase protein levels of SCGB-1A1 … |
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