Ventilation in horse stables

The welfare of horses in a stable depends on many factors but one of the most important is the quality of the air. The diseases of the respiratory system of the horse have different names depending on the developmental stage of the disease but in the origin they address all the same triggering conditions: the extreme sensitivity of the horses’ respiratory system to many allergens that may be present in the environments in which they live and/or the contact with the ammonia present in a badly treated litter. The presence of the allergens causes an allergic response/inflammatory of the bronchial tree that is expressed with cough (which is caused by stimulation performed by phlegm produced in response to contact with the allergen). Bronchospasm that occurs with time progressively narrows the lumen of the terminal portions of the bronchial tree, disrupts the normal flow of air to the deepest parts of the lung, reducing the normal exchanges necessary for the oxygenation of the blood and for elimination of carbon dioxide.