Equine Asthma: Current Understanding and Future Directions.
Couetil LCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Cardwell JMDepartment of Pathobiology and Population Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, United Kingdom.
Leguillette RCollege of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Mazan MCummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, Grafton, MA, United States.
Richard ELABÉO (Frank Duncombe), Normandie Université, UniCaen, Caen, France.
Bienzle DDepartment of Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada.
Bullone MDepartment of Veterinary Sciences, University of Turin, Grugliasco, Italy.
Gerber VVetsuisse Faculty, Institut Suisse de Médecine Équine (ISME), University of Bern and Agroscope, Bern, Switzerland.
Ivester KCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States.
Lavoie JPFaculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Martin JMeakins Christie Laboratories, McGill University Health Center Research Institute, Montreal, QC, Canada.
Moran GDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Veterinary Sciences, Universidad Austral de Chile, Valdivia, Chile.
Niedźwiedź ADepartment of Internal Diseases With Clinic for Horses, Dogs and Cats, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wrocław, Poland.
Pusterla NDepartment of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, United States.
Swiderski CCollege of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, United States.
English
The 2019 Havemeyer Workshop brought together researchers and clinicians to discuss the latest information on Equine Asthma and provide future research directions. Current clinical and molecular asthma phenotypes and endotypes in humans were discussed and compared to asthma phenotypes in horses. The role of infectious and non-infectious causes of equine asthma, genetic factors and proposed disease pathophysiology were reviewed. Diagnostic limitations were evident by the limited number of tests and biomarkers available to field practitioners. The participants emphasized the need for more accessible, standardized diagnostics that would help identify specific phenotypes and endotypes in order to create more targeted treatments or management strategies. One important outcome of the workshop was the creation of the Equine Asthma Group that will facilitate communication between veterinary practice and research communities through published and easily accessible guidelines and foster research collaboration.