Plasma cortisol concentration increases within 6 hours of stabling in<scp>RAO</scp>‐affected horses

Shaba, J.; Braman, Ashley; Robinson, N. E.

doi:10.1111/evj.12201

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“…Organic dust is very abundant in stables. It contains a great variety of substances rich in potential sources of allergens such as moulds, endotoxins, ß-glucans, or mite and plant debris, among others, which are all capable of inducing airway inflammation [3,7,8,[23][24][25] In fact, the sole fact of stabling an asthmatic horse can cause an acute exacerbation of the disease and an increase in cortisol after only six hours [26].…”

Section: Importance Of Environmentmentioning

confidence: 99%

Environmental Management of Equine Asthma

Diez de Castro,

Fernandez-Molina

2024

Animals

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Environmental practices related to the inhalation of airborne dust have been identified as the main cause of equine asthma (EA) and reasonably, they are truly relevant in its treatment and control, especially for horses with its severe form. Vast research regarding environmental recommendations has been conducted in recent years. However, no recent exhaustive reviews exist that gather all this new evidence. The aim of this review is to report and compare the most pertinent information concerning the environmental management of EA. The main findings highlight the importance of the type of forage used for feeding but also its method of production and possible contamination during manufacture and/or storage. Procedures to reduce this, such as soaking and steaming hay, improve its hygienic quality, although they also decrease forage’s nutritional value, making dietetic supplementation necessary. Regarding stabling, despite some conflicting results, avoiding straw as bedding and improving barn ventilation continue to be the common recommendations if turning to pasture is not feasible. Finally, owners’ compliance has been identified as the most critical point in correct environmental control. Educating owners about the genuine benefits of these measures should be a cornerstone of EA management.

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Environmental Management of Equine Asthma

Diez de Castro,

Fernandez-Molina

2024

Animals

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“…Recently, cortisol has gained interest due to its prognostic value in the critical phases of gastrointestinal disease (Mair et al, 2014), respiratory disease (Shaba et al, 2014), and clinical cases of sepsis in equine (Hart et al, 2009;Armengou et al, 2013), and as an indicator of fi tness and athletic performance in sport horses (Kedzierski et al, 2014). Therefore, this substance is considered the hormone of adaptation to physiological, pathological, and environmental stress factors.…”

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Serum cortisol concentration in the Colombian Creole Horse

Zuluaga¹,

Martı́nez

2017

Rev Colomb Cienc Pecu

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Concentración del cortisol sérico en el caballo criollo colombiano Concentração de cortisol sérico no cavalo crioulo colombianoAbstract Background: Cortisol is indicative of adaptation to physiological factors, disease and environmental stress in equines. Cortisol recently gained attention for its prognostic value in critical disease and as an indicator of fi tness and athletic performance. Objective: To determine baseline serum cortisol (SC) morning concentrations in the Colombian creole horse (CCH). Methods: Blood serum was taken from 62 CCH of both genders with and average age of 8.8 years (± 5.3), which were clinically healthy and had diff erent performance levels. Results: The overall SC average determined by sandwich ELISA was 13.3 ± 7.4 mg/dL. No signifi cant diff erences were attributed to gender, age, or performance. Conclusion: This concentration can be used as a reference value for CCH maintained in low physical activity.

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