CAUSES OF SUDDEN DEATH IN RACEHORSES EXAMINED

Sometimes racehorses collapse on the track for reasons that are not immediately apparent; these exercise-related sudden death cases are uncommon and “poorly understood,” according to an international team of researchers that recently completed a retrospective study on the subject. They noted that veterinarians are only able to determine the actual cause of death in about half of these cases that undergo postmortem examinations. Continue reading…