Equine asthma is a common respiratory disease that may affect horses of any age. The diagnosis of severe equine asthma (SEA) (historically referred as recurrent airway obstruction or RAO) is based mainly on the history of the animal and clinical signs, which are further supported by the cytological ...

The present study included 8 mares of the Tinker breed with clinic of Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), characterized by difficulty breathing, coughing, rapid fatigue during exercise. No changes in body temperature and heart rate were found. There were no abnormalities in erythrocyte count,...

Equine asthma is on important disease, known for centuries under various terminologies (heaves, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, COPD; Recurrent Airway Obstruction, RAO; Inflammatory Airway Disease, IAD). Multiple endotypes exist in human asthma and it becomes more and more obvious that there ...

Equine asthma is an umbrella term defined by nonseptic lower airway inflammation. Currently there are two broad categories, namely mild to moderate equine asthma (formerly known as inflammatory airway disease) and severe equine asthma (formerly known as recurrent airway obstruction or heaves)....

Severe equine asthma (SEA; formerly known as heaves or recurrent airway obstruction) is a chronic condition of older horses characterised by repeated episodes of reversible airway inflammation and bronchoconstriction. The disease is believed to occur as a result of an allergy to inhaled organic...

Current knowledge of the genetic and environmental backgrounds of equine asthma seems to be insufficient, especially for primitive horse breeds. The main objectives of this study were to estimate the effects of sex, birth period, stud, parentage line and inbreeding on asthma morbidity in Polish...

Equine asthma is the new term for lower airway inflammation in horses. This disease is further subdivided into mild to moderate asthma, better known as inflammatory airway disease (IAD), and severe asthma, better known as recurrent airway obstruction (RAO). RAO causes lower airway inflammation and...

Background: Summer Pasture Associated Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (SPAOPD), or Equine Pasture Asthma (EPA), has been described as an environmentally-induced respiratory disease that occurs during the warmer and more humid months, leading to reversible airway obstruction, persistent and...

The aim of the present study was to determine the frequency of different allergies in horses from central Poland. Allergic diseases are common in horses all over the world. Common conditions that have been associated with immunoglobulin E (IgE)-mediated allergy in horses include insect bite...

Horses with severe equine asthma (SEA), also known as heaves and recurrent airway obstruction, have persistent neutrophilic inflammation of the lower airways. Cytologic evaluation of bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid is commonly used to confirm the clinical diagnosis of SEA. However, the utility...