Equine Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Equids".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2023) | Viewed by 27068
Special Issue Editors
Interests: equine internal medicine; equine sports medicine; respiratory diseases; cardiac disorders
Interests: equine; internal medicine; sports medicine; respiratory medicine; equine asthma
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diseases involving the respiratory system of the horse are a major concern in equine internal medicine. In fact, up to 15% of horses living in the Northern Hemisphere suffer from equine asthma. In foals, respiratory infections represent one of the most relevant issues in stud management; in racehorses, respiratory disorders are the second most common cause of reduced performance after orthopaedic diseases.
Moreover, respiratory affections are often associated with cardiovascular dysfunction. Racehorses with atrial fibrillation, for example, can suffer from exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage. Severe respiratory infections can be related to endocarditis; in severely asthmatic horses, the remodelling of the airways also involves the pulmonary arteries, leading to pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale.
Therefore, the study of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases is currently a hot topic in equine medicine. For this reason, we are proposing a Special Issue titled “Equine Respiratory Medicine and Cardiology”, and we invite you to submit your research papers reporting the latest results of your work or interesting clinical cases on this topic.
Prof. Dr. Francesco Ferrucci, DVM
Dr. Chiara Maria Lo Feudo
Dr. Luca Stucchi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- horse
- equine asthma
- pneumonia
- exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage
- endoscopy
- bronchoalveolar lavage fluid
- poor performance
- heart disease
- echocardiography
- cardiac arrhythmia