Summer Pasture-Associated Recurrent Airway Obstruction

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(SPA-RAO)

  • Airway inflammation and clinical signs similar to stabling-associated COPD/RAO, but occurs in horses kept out at pasture during the summer months.
  • Presumed to be similar pathogenesis to stabling-associated COPD/RAO
  • Allergens likely to be plant pollens and plant-associated fungal spores
  • Horses often have concurrent stabling-associated COPD so management can be very difficult!