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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
As Riot said, it is normal for racehorses to bleed. I think she said that 93% of horses will show trace amounts of blood if you scope them.
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Little correction just so we stay accurate
Scopes only show bleeding roughly 60-70% of the time (the vet sees gross evidence of blood in the trachea)
Transtracheal washes and bronchoalveolar lavage will find more horses that have bled: 93% with evidence of bleeding upon microscopic examination of what's down there.
Horses that grossly bleed out the nostrils: about 5%