Purdue vets look to curb equine asthma: BTN LiveBIG
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Horses are natural athletes. `They are the fastest domestic species on the planet,` says Laurent L. Couëtil, DVM, PhD, director of Purdue University`s Equine Sports Medicine Center. `They are extremely fast and athletic because of their large lung and respiratory capacity.` Unfortunately that capacity, along with large hearts, makes horses more susceptible to respiratory disease. Researchers at Purdue University are working to understand those diseases in horses, equine asthma in particular. Their findings have implications not only for horse health and racehorse performance but potentially even human patients as well. Asthma is...