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Horse should be kept stabled in a dust-free environment such as a stable with rubber matting and no bedding. Antibiotics may be required if seconday bacterial infection is present.
 
Horse should be kept stabled in a dust-free environment such as a stable with rubber matting and no bedding. Antibiotics may be required if seconday bacterial infection is present.
 
In some cases, the response to environmental changes and conservative management may be significant and drugs may not be required.  
 
In some cases, the response to environmental changes and conservative management may be significant and drugs may not be required.  
In other cases, drug therapy may be required to suffiently manage the clinical signs.
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In other cases, drug therapy may be required to suffiently manage the clinical signs. Corticosteroids may be administered via nebuslisation using an inhaler in order to allow the maximum concentration of the drug in the respiratory tract, with minimal systemic side effects. This can be combined with a bronchodilator such as clenbuterol
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
*McGorum, B. C., Edward Robinson, N., Dixon, P. M., Schumacher, J. (2007) '''Equine respiratory medicine and surgery''' ''Elsevier Health Sciences''   
 
*McGorum, B. C., Edward Robinson, N., Dixon, P. M., Schumacher, J. (2007) '''Equine respiratory medicine and surgery''' ''Elsevier Health Sciences''   
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