“…methemoglobin formation, alteration of aggregation, and reduction of cellular deformability (Baskurt and Meiselman, 1999). Therefore, the high susceptibility of equine erythrocytes to oxidant damage and the resulting hemorheologic alterations may have important consequences for tissue perfusion and cardiovascular adequacy in horses (Baskurt and Meiselman, 1999;Walter et al, 2014).…”