{"id":7323,"date":"2020-01-10T12:06:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qa.vet.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=7323"},"modified":"2020-01-10T12:06:28","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:06:28","slug":"pvm-equine-research-featured-in-new-big-ten-network-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/pvm-equine-research-featured-in-new-big-ten-network-video.php","title":{"rendered":"PVM Equine Research Featured in new Big Ten Network Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJ4tC3O-3ZI\"><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\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Dr. Laurent Cou\u00ebtil uses an equine nebulizer to administer treatment for asthma. (Purdue University photo\/Rebecca Wilcox)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A new video produced for the Big Ten Network features research being done in the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine on equine asthma.\u00a0 The story includes interviews with Dr. Laurent Cou\u00ebtil, director of Purdue\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/esmc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Equine Sports Medicine Center<\/a> and professor of large animal internal medicine, and Dr. Katy Ivester, equine research scientist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video, Dr. Cou\u00ebtil describes how mild equine asthma can be the difference between winning and losing for equine athletes.\u00a0 \u201cIf horses can\u2019t breathe, they can\u2019t run to their full potential,\u201d Dr. Cou\u00ebtil said as he explained that asthma limits a horse\u2019s performance.\u00a0 \u201cSo if we can detect it and treat it effectively, then horses can go back and be their own self.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Ivester added that 80% of the horses they examined had\nsome form of equine asthma.&nbsp; \u201cFor a race\nhorse that\u2019s being asked to perform at top speeds, it\u2019s really important that\nthe airway is healthy.\u201d&nbsp; She said the\nresearch has implications for human health as well.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hJ4tC3O-3ZI\">view the story on YouTube<\/a>.\nClick here to <a href=\"https:\/\/btn.com\/2019\/12\/20\/btn-livebig-is-back-with-another-round-of-inspiring-vignettes-from-around-the-conference-2\/\">view\nthe story via the BTN link<\/a>.&nbsp; For more\ninformation, click here to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/newsroom\/releases\/2019\/Q2\/mild-equine-asthma-can-distinguish-winners-from-losers-on-the-racetrack.html\">view\na complete news release about the research<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new video produced for the Big Ten Network features research being done in the Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine on equine asthma.  The story includes interviews with Dr. Laurent Cou\u00ebtil, director of Purdue\u2019s Equine Sports Medicine Center and professor of large animal internal medicine, and Dr. Katy Ivester, equine research scientist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":4479,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,35,29,11],"tags":[1525,1118,1117,26,56,1526,339,51],"class_list":["post-7323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-faculty-staff","category-one-health","category-our-people","category-research","tag-big-ten-network","tag-equine-asthma","tag-equine-sports-medicine-center","tag-featured-story","tag-homepage","tag-katy-ivester","tag-laurent-couetil","tag-vth"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7323"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7326,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7323\/revisions\/7326"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vet.purdue.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}