Multiple Hypersensitivities Including Recurrent Airway Obstruction, Insect Bite Hypersensitivity, and Urticaria in 2 Warmblood Horse Populations.

Kehrli, Dounia; Jandova, V.; Fey, K.; Jahn, P.; Gerber, Vinzenz (2014). Multiple Hypersensitivities Including Recurrent Airway Obstruction, Insect Bite Hypersensitivity, and Urticaria in 2 Warmblood Horse Populations. Journal of veterinary internal medicine, 29(1), pp. 320-326. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1111/jvim.12473

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BACKGROUND

Multiple hypersensitivities (MHS) have been described in humans, cats, and dogs, but not horses.

HYPOTHESES

Horses suffering from recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), insect bite hypersensitivity (IBH), or urticaria (URT) will have an increased risk of also being affected by another one of these hypersensitivities. This predisposition for MHS also will be associated with decreased shedding of strongylid eggs in feces and with a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP BIEC2-224511), previously shown to be associated with RAO.

ANIMALS

The first population (P1) included 119 randomly sampled horses representative of the Swiss sporthorse population; the replication population (P2) included 210 RAO-affected Warmblood horses and 264 RAO-unaffected controls. All horses were Warmbloods, 14 years or older.

METHODS

Associations between disease phenotypes (RAO, IBH, URT, MHS) fecal egg counts, the SNP BIEC2-224511 as well as management and environmental factors were investigated.

RESULTS

In P1, RAO-affected horses had a 13.1 times higher odds ratio (OR) of also suffering from IBH (P = .004). In P2, the respective OR was 7.4 (P = .002) and IBH-affected horses also showed a 7.1 times increased OR of concomitantly suffering from URT (P < .001). IBH, URT, and MHS phenotypes were significantly associated with the absence of nematode eggs in the feces.

CONCLUSIONS AND CLINICAL IMPORTANCE

This is the first report of MHS in horses. Specifically, an increased risk for IBH should be expected in RAO-affected horses.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Veterinary Public Health / Herd Health Management
05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV) > ISME Equine Clinic Bern > ISME Equine Clinic, Internal medicine
05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Clinical Veterinary Medicine (DKV)

UniBE Contributor:

Kehrli, Dounia, Gerber, Vinzenz

Subjects:

600 Technology > 630 Agriculture

ISSN:

0891-6640

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Andrea Gassmann-Suter

Date Deposited:

20 Nov 2014 08:40

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 14:38

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/jvim.12473

PubMed ID:

25270534

Uncontrolled Keywords:

Airway disease, Equine, Genetics, Horse Owner Assessed Respiratory Signs Index

BORIS DOI:

10.7892/boris.60122

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/60122

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