PMID: 6411459Jul 1, 1983Paper

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the horse. 2: Therapy

Equine Veterinary Journal
J R Thomson, E A McPherson

Abstract

The therapy of equine chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) essentially entails minimising the horse's exposure to the aetiological antigens which are predominantly thermophilic actinomycetes and moulds occurring in hay and straw. This can be achieved, for example, by keeping affected horses permanently out of doors, or when stabled, using shredded paper, wood shavings or peat moss as bedding and feeding a complete cubed diet. There should be no supplementary hay feeding apart from dust-free vacuum-packed hay. Applying such measures generally allows horses to become asymptomatic in seven to 14 days. Bronchodilators and corticosteroids bring about a marked, but temporary, improvement and can be of value in the treatment of acute attacks. The use of oral bronchodilators in combination with environmental control measures may hasten the remission of clinical signs in affected horse. Inhaled sodium cromoglycate can be used prophylactically in asymptomatic horses to prevent the onset of COPD when unavoidable antigen exposure is anticipated.

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