Co-Occurrence of Severe Equine Asthma and Palatal Disorders in Privately Owned Pleasure Horses.

ABSTRACT: According to the "unified or united airway disease" theory, diseases in the upper and lower airways frequently co-occur because they represent a single morphological and functional unit. Palatal disorders (PDs) and severe equine asthma (SEA) are frequent diseases that, respectively, affect upper and lower equine airways; however, clinical studies focusing on the co-occurrence of PDs and SEA are limited. The present study investigated the prevalence of PDs in horses affected by SEA, and whether prevalence decreased after SEA treatment. Forty-six privately owned horses affected by SEA in exacerbation were included. For each horse, the severity of the asthma clinical signs was assessed using a previously described scoring system, and the co-occurrence of palatal disorders was investigated usi

SUBMITTER: Kozlowska N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10295701 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature