Measurement of tracheal mucous transport rate in the horse.
Tracheal mucous transport rates were measured in 12 nonanesthetized horses after an intratracheal injection of 99mtechnetium-sulfur colloid. The transport rate of the subsequent bolus of radioactivity was determined, using a portable scaler rate meter fitted with a high-energy gamma-scintillation probe. A gamma-scintillation camera was used to verify bolus form and movement in 1 horse. The mean tracheal mucous transport rate was 1.66 +/- 0.24 cm/min.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006736:Horses / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D009092:Mucous Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D013667:Technetium; D014132:Trachea / Q000378:metabolism*
D013667:Technetium