January 13, 2009 @ 7:35 pm
Hardened Arteries in Horses
I suppose it’s not that surprising that horses can have hardened arteries as well as people. Research in Canada into 100 sudden horse death at racetracks in 2006/7 showed that hardened pulmonary arteries may have been a factor for 25% of the deaths. However the article also mentioned that 85% of racehorses show some hardening. I wonder if like humans, the tendency for such conditions is partly genetic and partly diet/lifestyle.
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January 26th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Good question raised - perhaps this is where the study should next go? It’s always interesting to accumulate statistics but to then determine why the numbers are that way, that paves the way for improvement of such conditions/statistics.
If the lifestyle of the racehorse attributed to it, I wonder what could be adjust to improve these percentages.