Biomedical Science and Clinical Research(BSCR)

Colo Vale, New South Wales, Australia

Publications

• Research Article   
  Exercise Associated Collapse and Death in Thoroughbred Racehorses: A Mechanistic Argument for Heat Stroke as the Silent Killer
  Author(s): Meg Brownlow*
  
  For some decades, cases of acute collapse followed by death during or shortly after racing have been attributed to ‘acute heart failure’, the premise being that an underlying cardiac abnormality becomes activated during strenuous exercise, triggering a lethal arrythmia which causes collapse and death. This has been acknowledged as a speculative diagnosis, because affected horses have not been examined at the point of collapse or during their demise, and in the majority of cases a thorough post mortem examination does not provide a definitive diagnosis of cardiac pathology. In a recent editorial penned by a special interest group of veterinarians, the Exercise-Associated Sudden Death (EASD) condition was discussed at length, but there was no reference to the effect of adverse environmental conditions or heat shock/stroke as the possible cause or even a risk factor.. Read More»
  

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