Robert Cook (veterinarian)

Robert Cook (veterinarian)

Robert Cook is an equine veterinarian. He has published many papers, mainly on diseases of the horse's mouth, ear, nose and throat both in scientific and horseman's journals, covering both various topics:

• equine diagnostical and surgical endoscopy;
• pulmonary origin of the "nose-bleeds" in racehorses (EIPH: Exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage) and its relation with recurrent airway obstruction
• anatomy and physiology of horse's upper airway;
• guttural pouch diseases
• epiglottic entrapment
• stride and respiration
• recurrent laryngeal neuropathy (RLN)
• dorsal displacement of the soft palate
• laryngo-palatal dislocation
• headshaking syndrome and its relations with bit-related trigeminal neuralgia
• physiological incompatibilities of a bit in the mouth of a working horse
• role of the bit in the soft palate paresis at exercise and in asphyxia-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH)