title: Bronchoalveolar lavage findings in horses with exercise intolerance.
abstract: Significant differences were detected by bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) between horses racing successfully and those showing exercise intolerance. Neutrophil percentage, haemosiderophage percentage and total bacterial numbers were significantly elevated in horses with exercise intolerance. BAL provided a more accurate indication of the incidence and extent of exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) than visual inspection.
authors.affiliation: Irish Equine Centre, Johnstown, Naas, Co. Kildare.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fogarty
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Buckley
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001992:Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid / Q000166:cytology* / Q000382:microbiology; D002452:Cell Count / Q000662:veterinary; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D005221:Fatigue / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D006734:Horse Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D006736:Horses; D008214:Lymphocytes; D008264:Macrophages; D009504:Neutrophils; D005082:Physical Exertion; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*