Association of increased tracheal mucus accumulation with poor willingness to perform in show-jumpers and dressage horses

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 430-435

  Widmer, Annina ^a,b   Doherr, M G ^a   Tessier, C ^a   Koch, C ^a   Ramseyer, A ^a   Straub, R ^a   Gerber, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Equine; Recurrent laryngeal neuropathy; Sport horse; Upper and lower airway disease; Willingness to perform

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE; BRONCHUS SECRETION; HORSE; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT; TRACHEA MUCUS;

ANIMALS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; HYPERPLASIA; LARYNGEAL DISEASES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MUCUS; NEUTROPHILS; PHARYNGEAL DISEASES; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; SPORTS; TRACHEA; TRACHEAL DISEASES;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 71549135563     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2008.08.015     Document Type: Article

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