Environmental control to maintain stabled COPD horses in clinical remission: effects on pulmonary function

[en] The objective of this study was to test the hypothesis that stabled COPD horses can be maintained in clinical remission by replacing hay by grass silage and bedding made of wood shavings (Period B) and of wheat straw (Period C) during 6 weeks, respectively. At the end of these different periods, the pulmonary function of the horses was assessed by mechanics of breathing and arterial blood analyses. These results were compared to those measured in clinical remission obtained after 2 months in pasture (Period A). No significant difference was observed between these 3 periods neither to values obtained for healthy horses placed during 6 weeks in a hay environment. For all that, COPD horses placed in contact with hay in the same barn developed within mean +/- s.d. 8+/-3 days clinical signs of heaves and significant alterations of pulmonary function parameters.

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Veterinary medicine & animal health

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Vandenput, Sandrina ; Université de Liège - ULiège > CARE "Le Réseau des bibliothèques" > Bibliothèque des Sciences de la vie

Duvivier, D. H.

Votion, Dominique ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département clinique des animaux de compagnie et des équidés > Anesthésiologie gén. et pathologie chirurg. des grds animaux

Art, Tatiana ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Phys. neuro-muscul., de l'effort - Méd. sport. des animaux

Lekeux, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de sciences fonctionnelles > Physiologie

Language :

English

Title :

Environmental control to maintain stabled COPD horses in clinical remission: effects on pulmonary function

Publication date :

1998

Journal title :

Equine Veterinary Journal

ISSN :

0425-1644

eISSN :

2042-3306

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Equine Veterinary Journal Ltd, Newmarket, United Kingdom

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Issue :

Pages :

93-96

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