Owner-reported coughing and nasal discharge are associated with clinical findings, arterial oxygen tension, mucus score and bronchoprovocation in horses with recurrent airway obstruction in a field setting

Equine Veterinary Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 291-295

  Rettmer, H ^a   Hoffman, A M ^b   Lanz, S ^a   Oertly, M ^a   Gerber, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway hyperresponsiveness; Clinical signs; Histamine; Horse; Lower airway disease; Lung function

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE;

HISTAMINE; OXYGEN;

ANIMAL; BLOOD; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; BRONCHOSPASM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COUGHING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HORSE; HORSE DISEASES; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MUCUS; PATHOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; VETERINARY;

ANIMALS; BRONCHIAL SPASM; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE FLUID; COUGH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HISTAMINE; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LUNG DISEASES, OBSTRUCTIVE; MUCUS; OXYGEN; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM;

EID: 84928078428     PISSN: 04251644     EISSN: 20423306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/evj.12286     Document Type: Article

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