Summary
Tissue damage and reactive oxygen metabolites (ROMs) resulting from oxidative stress play significant roles in the development and susceptibility of a variety of airway diseases in humans and animals. This project aims to investigate the significance of oxidative stress on the respiratory health of foals. Primarily through the development of methodologies to measure oxidative stress biomarkers and then through the application of this technqiue in a small casecontrol study designed to evaluating the significance of oxidative stress on a respiratory diseases that contributes greatly to wastage in the Australian Thoroughbred industry; rattles in foals (Pilkington and Wilson 1993).
Program
Thoroughbred Horses
Research Organisation
The University of Sydney
Objective Summary
The major project objectives are to: 1. Adapt existing technologies to assess and quantify the respiratory and systemic oxidative stress status of the foal. 2. Develop a valid method to relate the respiratory health of the foal and measures of oxidative stress in respiratory samples and blood. 3. Investigate the relationship between local and systemic oxidative stress and R. equi pneumonia in foals.
Project Code
PRJ-003891
Project Stage
Closed
Project Start Date
Monday, March 1, 2010
Project Completion Date
Monday, June 25, 2012
Journal Articles From Project
Not Available
National Priority
Frontier technologies for building and transforming Australian industries
National Priority
Adoption of R&D
National Priority
HOR-Reduce the incidence and impact of diseases and parasites in horses