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Soaked hay is commonly used by owners, but its efficacy in improving lung function and inflammation has not been documented.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>To measure the effects of soaked hay and alfalfa pellets in horses with severe asthma.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Animals<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ten adult horses with severe asthma from a research colony.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Prospective controlled trial. Horses in clinical exacerbation were housed indoors and allocated to be fed either soaked hay (n\u2009=\u20095) or alfalfa pellets (n\u2009=\u20095) for 6\u2009weeks. Soaked hay was immersed for 45\u2009minutes and dried out hay was discarded between meals. Pulmonary function and clinical scores were measured before and after 2, 4, and 6\u2009weeks. Tracheal mucus scores and bronchoalveolar lavages were performed before and after 6\u2009weeks. Lung function was analyzed with a linear mixed model using log-transformed data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Lung resistance decreased from (median (range)) 2.47 (1.54-3.95) to 1.59 (0.52-2.10) cmH2O\/L\/s in the pellets group and from 1.89 (1.2-3.54) to 0.61 (0.42-2.08) cmH2O\/L\/s in the soaked hay group over the 6-week period for an average difference of 1.06 cmH2O\/L\/s for pellets (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 0.09-2.04, P\u2009=\u2009.03, not significant after correction) and 1.31 cmH2O\/L\/s for soaked hay (95% CI: \u22120.23 to 2.85, P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001, significant).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion and Clinical Importance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Soaked hay can control airway obstruction in horses with severe asthma. 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