title: Coughing in horses--an historical aspect.
abstract: A brief historical review is given of the incidence and types of respiratory disease that occurred in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. The significance of poor stabling and overcrowding in the causation and spread of coughing is emphasised and its dramatic reduction by simple methods of hygiene and ventilation.
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000266:history*; D000818:Animals; D003371:Cough / Q000662:veterinary*; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000266:history*; D006736:Horses; D006799:Housing, Animal; D006113:United Kingdom