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Table 1 Results of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology, clinical assessment and blood gas analysis in healthy horses and recurrent airway obstruction (RAO)—affected horses sampled after challenge to moldy hay and straw

From: Serum 8-hydroxy-2-deoxyguanosine as a marker of DNA oxidative damage in horses with recurrent airway obstruction

 

Healthy (n = 7)

RAO-affected (n = 7)

Clinical scorea

2.0 (2 and 2)

6 (5 and 6)

PaO2 (mmHg)a

96 (91 and 108)

91 (85 and 107)

PaCO2 (mmHg)

45 (43 and 46)

45.5 (44 and 50)

BALF neutrophils (%)a

5.1 (4.1 and 5.3)

59.8 (51.3 and 64.8)

BALF lymphocytes (%)a

41 (38.5 and 45.9)

38.1 (34.8 and 41.1)

BALF macrophages (%)a

55.8 (49.8 and 59.1)

32.8 (25.9 and 35.7)

BALF eosinophils (%)a

0.4 (0.2 and 0.5)

0 (0 and 0)

BALF mast cells (%)

0.1 (0 and 0.3)

0 (0 and 0)

  1. Values are expressed as median and 25th and 75th percentiles. This table has been published previously [11, 12]
  2. aDifferences statistically significant (P < 0.05)
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Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica

ISSN: 1751-0147