The role of allergy in chronic pulmonary disease of horses

Twenty-five horses with chronic pulmonary disease were skin tested with allergenic extracts of 24 molds, 4 thermophilic actinomyces, barn dust, hay dust, soya-bean mill dust, and grain mill dust. The results were compared with those obtained on 25 normal horses. Between the 2 groups of horses, there...

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Published in:	Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association Vol. 174; no. 3; p. 277
Main Authors:	Halliwell, R E, Fleischman, J B, Mackay-Smith, M, Beech, J, Gunson, D E
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01-01-1979
Subjects:	Acremonium - immunology Animals Antigens, Bacterial Antigens, Fungal Dust Edible Grain Glycine max Horse Diseases - etiology Horse Diseases - immunology Horses Lung Diseases, Obstructive - etiology Lung Diseases, Obstructive - immunology Lung Diseases, Obstructive - veterinary Micromonosporaceae - immunology Respiratory Hypersensitivity - immunology Respiratory Hypersensitivity - veterinary Rhizopus - immunology Skin Tests
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Summary:	Twenty-five horses with chronic pulmonary disease were skin tested with allergenic extracts of 24 molds, 4 thermophilic actinomyces, barn dust, hay dust, soya-bean mill dust, and grain mill dust. The results were compared with those obtained on 25 normal horses. Between the 2 groups of horses, there was a highly significant difference in positive skin test results at 30 minutes and 4 hours.
ISSN:	0003-1488