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We aimed to determine whether the serum vitamin D levels differ in horses with asthma compared to control animals and, secondarily, to explore clinical, respiratory, and environmental parameters associated with its concentration in equids in a retrospective cross-sectional study. The total serum vitamin D (25(OH)D) was measured by radioimmunoassay in 45 serum samples from the Equine Respiratory Tissue Biobank (15 control animals, 14 horses with mild or moderate asthma (MEA), and 16 horses with severe asthma (SEA)). Descriptive clinical and environmental parameters, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid cytology, and lung function data were extracted. There was no difference in serum 25(OH)D levels between healthy controls, horses with MEA, and horses with SEA (respectively, means of 57.9 \u00b1 11.6, 55.6 \u00b1 20.0, and 64.6 \u00b1 14.5 nmol\/L; p = 0.3), suggesting that this micronutrient does not play a major role in equine asthma pathophysiology.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ani14223310","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,18]],"date-time":"2024-11-18T13:03:14Z","timestamp":1731934994000},"page":"3310","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Serum Vitamin D Level Is Unchanged in Equine Asthma"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4768-6674","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sophie","family":"Mainguy-Seers","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Susan J.","family":"Holcombe","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4655-2102","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jean-Pierre","family":"Lavoie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC J2S 2M2, Canada"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,11,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"149","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1939-1676.2007.tb02941.x","article-title":"Effects of genetic and environmental factors on chronic lower airway disease in horses","volume":"21","author":"Ramseyer","year":"2007","journal-title":"J. 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