Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in Standardbred racehorses: Influence of unilateral/bilateral profiles and cut-off values on lower airway disease diagnosis

Veterinary Journal

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 150-156

  Depecker, Marianne ^a   Richard, Eric A ^b   Pitel, Pierre Hugues ^b   Fortier, Guillaume ^b,c   Leleu, Claire ^d   Couroucé Malblanc, Anne ^a  

^a UPSP 5304 Laboratoire de Physiopathologie animale et de Pharmacologie fonctionnelle   (France)

^b Frank Duncombe Laboratory   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d EQUI TEST ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Bronchoalveolar lavage; Exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage; Horse; Inflammatory airway disease; Lung side

Indexed keywords

HEMOSIDERIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EXERCISE; EXERCISE INDUCED PULMONARY HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; HEMOSIDEROPHAGE; HORSE; LUNG ALVEOLUS MACROPHAGE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; MAST CELL; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PNEUMONIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIDEOENDOSCOPY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHEMISTRY; HORSE DISEASES; REFERENCE VALUE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; VETERINARY;

CONGIOPODIDAE; EQUIDAE;

ANIMALS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; FEMALE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES;

EID: 84893017236     PISSN: 10900233     EISSN: 15322971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.10.013     Document Type: Article

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