GUTTURAL pouch disease is rare, but may be life threatening and very difficult to treat.
The horse has two guttural pouches, which are unique structures positioned at the base of the skull, below the ears. Each pouch is an air-filled sac about the size of a tennis ball and is an extension of the Eustachian tube (a small tube that connects the throat and the inner ear).
The role of the guttural pouches is not known for certain, but they are thought to regulate the pressure between the inner ear and throat, help in cooling the blood that flows to the brain during exercise, function as a resonating chamber for vocalisation, and warm inhaled air.
Each guttural pouch is divided into two compartments by the stylohyoid bone and houses a number of important
