AAEP 2002: Inflammatory Airway Disease

“What is interesting to understand about the horse is that at rest, it breathes about 86,000 liters of air a day, about 25,000 gallons, which may carry quite a bit of dust particles that can really injure the respiratory tract,” said Laurent Couëtil, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of Purdue University in the In Depth: Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) session at the 2002 American Association of Equine

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“What is interesting to understand about the horse is that at rest, it breathes about 86,000 liters of air a day, about 25,000 gallons, which may carry quite a bit of dust particles that can really injure the respiratory tract,” said Laurent Couëtil, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, of Purdue University in the In Depth: Inflammatory Airway Disease (IAD) session at the 2002 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention. The result is a chronic cough and mild exercise intolerance, seen in 11-65% of racehorses today, depending on the diagnostic criteria used (endoscopy or cytology) and whether the measurements were taken before or after exercise

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Stephanie L. Church, Editorial Director, grew up riding and caring for her family’s horses in Central Virginia and received a B.A. in journalism and equestrian studies from Averett University. She joined The Horse in 1999 and has led the editorial team since 2010. A 4-H and Pony Club graduate, she enjoys dressage, eventing, and trail riding with her former graded-stakes-winning Thoroughbred gelding, It Happened Again (“Happy”). Stephanie and Happy are based in Lexington, Kentucky.

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