Four Reasons Racehorses Bleed [2006]
An abstract of the evidence supporting the hypothesis that lung "hemorrhage" in racehorses (so-called EIPH) is caused by any obstruction of the upper airway. Fuller accounts of the evidence are available in earlier publications. See, for example, the 1999 articles, "Asphyxia as the cause of bleeding" and "Why do horse's lungs bleed?"; the 1998 "Death in the afternoon"; and the 1997 "EIPH or AIPE?" (Unpublished)
Four Reasons Racehorses Bleed
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