Equine lung inflammation in Alberta: evaluation of clinical signs, risk-screen questionnaire, and bronchoalveolar lavage in recurrent airway obstruction and inflammatory airway disease

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dc.contributor.advisorLéguillette, Renaud
dc.contributor.advisorBarkema, Herman
dc.contributor.authorWasko, Andrea Jayne
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-18T22:36:27Z
dc.date.available2017-12-18T22:36:27Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.descriptionBibliography: p. 127-161en
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dc.description.abstractNon-infectious equine respiratory diseases consist of recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) and inflammatory airway disease (IAD). Recurrent airway obstruction has similarities with human asthma, whereas horses with IAD have a milder airway inflammation and do not exhibit respiratory clinical signs at rest. This thesis presents a review on RAO and IAD, followed by a manuscript on the evaluation of a risk-screening questionnaire (RSQ) to detect equine lung inflammation measured by a bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) in a large field study. The RSQ had a high sensitivity to detect severe lower airway inflammation and would be a good screening tool in practice. Furthermore, there was a high prevalence of moderate airway inflammation in this population, but the RSQ did not differentiate between moderate airway inflammation and normal horses. Finally feeding round hay bales was a risk factor for severe airway inflammation.
dc.format.extentxi, 161 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.en
dc.identifier.citationWasko, A. J. (2012). Equine lung inflammation in Alberta: evaluation of clinical signs, risk-screen questionnaire, and bronchoalveolar lavage in recurrent airway obstruction and inflammatory airway disease (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/5004en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/5004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/106005
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
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dc.titleEquine lung inflammation in Alberta: evaluation of clinical signs, risk-screen questionnaire, and bronchoalveolar lavage in recurrent airway obstruction and inflammatory airway disease
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineMedical Science
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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ucalgary.thesis.accessionTheses Collection 58.002:Box 2122 627942992
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