Chronic bronchitis in horses
Recognition
Every horse coughs once in a while. But most horses who regularly have some or more coughing have chronic bronchitis. A respiratory tract stimulates the airways mucosa to secrete more mucus. This mucus is sent to the throat and horse coughing is caused by creaking of the mucus. Chronic bronchitis can be the result of a "normal" respiratory infection caused by a virus or a bacterium. An inflammation lasting longer than a few weeks is called chronic.
Prevention
It seems logical to think that only horses in a dusty stable can suffer from this, but that's not true. Horses can become more sensitive to dust due to hereditary construction or infection of the respiratory tract.
Read more about the occurrence of chronic bronchitis on the Coughing horses page.
Curing
It will be clear that the best treatment for these horses is to avoid dust. We can also say that if the dust load does not decrease, treating your horse is hardly useful.
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