{"id":4478,"date":"2019-04-16T08:48:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T12:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=4478"},"modified":"2026-06-16T09:12:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T13:12:19","slug":"mild-equine-asthma-can-distinguish-winners-from-losers-on-the-racetrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/mild-equine-asthma-can-distinguish-winners-from-losers-on-the-racetrack.php","title":{"rendered":"Mild equine asthma can distinguish winners from losers on the racetrack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Meet the Purdue prof leading the charge toward diagnosing and treating the disease<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/laurent-couetilLO.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Couetil attaches an equine nebulizer to a horse\" class=\"wp-image-4479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/laurent-couetilLO.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/laurent-couetilLO-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/laurent-couetilLO-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/laurent-couetilLO-353x235.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dr. Laurent Cou\u00ebtil uses an equine nebulizer to administer treatment for asthma. (Purdue University photo\/Rebecca Wilcox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 From chariot racing in ancient Rome to the modern Kentucky Derby, horse racing has been celebrated in some form for more than a thousand years. Whether the horses\u2019 hooves were pounding around in a dirt-filled coliseum or a racetrack surrounded by spectators in wide-brimmed hats, they probably had one thing in common: asthma.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When just a few seconds makes the difference between first and last place, equine athletes need to bring their best game to the track. For those that don\u2019t, the issue can often be traced to the lungs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cUnlike the heart or muscle, the lung in the horse athlete is a limiting factor,\u201d said&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/directory\/person.php?id=12\">Laurent Cou\u00ebtil<\/a>,&nbsp;director of Purdue University\u2019s&nbsp;Equine Sports Medicine Center. \u201cEven in healthy horses, breathing is a limiting factor on performance. So if you take a little bit away from that, the consequences can be severe.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read More at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2019\/Q2\/mild-equine-asthma-can-distinguish-winners-from-losers-on-the-racetrack.html\">Mild equine asthma can distinguish winners from losers on the racetrack <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/esmc\/index.php\">Dr. Cou\u00ebtil and his work at the Equine Sports Medicine Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meet the Purdue prof leading the charge toward diagnosing and treating the disease WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. \u2014 From chariot racing in ancient Rome to the modern Kentucky Derby, horse racing has been celebrated in some form for more than a thousand years. Whether the horses\u2019 hooves were pounding around in a dirt-filled coliseum or a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in-the-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4478"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34471,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4478\/revisions\/34471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}