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Relevance of Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) and Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) for Performance

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Gerber V.
In: WEVA - International Congress - Mexico, 2015 by World Equine Veterinary Association
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OCT 10, 2015
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Horses with exacerbation of Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) have severe airway obstruction resulting in obviously increased respiratory effort even at rest. Therefore, they are also clearly (often severely) exercise intolerant. In contrast, the milder form of equine asthma, Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD), is by definition less obvious and its association with and relevance for poor performance can be difficult to evaluate ...

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Gerber, V. (2015) “Relevance of Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) and Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO) for Performance”, WEVA - International Congress - Mexico, 2015. Available at: https://www.ivis.org/library/weva/weva-internal-congress-mexico-2015/relevance-of-inflammatory-airway-disease-iad-and (Accessed: 04 October 2023).

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  • Gerber V.

    Leiter der Pferdeklinik
    Dr med vet PhD DACVIM DECEIM
    Departement für klinische Veterinärmedizin, Vetsuisse-Fakultät, University of Bern
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