CONCLUSION
Overall, the prevalence of fungal detection was found to be
significantly higher in the airways of MA horses than SA and/or CTL
horses. Due to the high proportion of positive fungal detection, by
either cytology or culture, in TW of CTL horses, investigations based on
this type of samples were found to be uninformative in a clinical
context. On the other hand, fungal detection by culture (but not by
cytology) in BALF has been identified as a significant risk factor for
mild-moderate asthma in horses.