October 01, 2010

Recurrent Airway Obstruction

October 01, 2010/ Webmaster

AO is the most recently adopted term and describes what happens to affected horses, namely that they experience intermittent episodes of blockage (obstruction) of the smaller airways deep in the lung. This obstruction is caused by the muscles around…

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June 30, 2006

Inhalation therapy - treating airway problems in the racehorse

June 30, 2006/ Webmaster

Physiologically speaking, one of the major limiting factors to racehorse performance is how efficiently the lungs can exchange gasses. Clearly any threat to the efficiency of the lungs will result in poor performance.

Paul Peacock (European Trainer - issue 14 - Summer 2006)

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Recurrent Airway Obstruction

Inhalation therapy - treating airway problems in the racehorse

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