Roarers: Weigh Your Options

January 2006

Roarers: Weigh Your Options

Just because a horse makes noise when he works doesn’t necessarily mean trouble. It depends upon the degree of problem.

Roaring is caused by damage to the recurrent laryngeal nerve.

Roaring is the term commonly used to describe an abnormal breathing noise that is caused by partial or complete paralysis of one, or rarely both, sides of the horse’s larynx (“voice box”). It’s a distinctive sound heard when the horse breathes in, rarely audible at rest but getting louder the heavier the horse breathes, e.g. with exercise. The noise is a high-pitched, whistling roar. The horse’s neigh may also change. The veterinary/ medical term for the condition is laryngeal hemiplegia. …
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