4. DOGS: Canine infectious tracheobronchitis- Kennel Cough (B. Bronchiseptica, CPIV, Canine influenza, CAV-2) Flashcards
KENNELYSKÄ
disease
-highly contagious
-generally benign respiratory disease complex of dogs
-Canine infectious tracheobronchitis
caused by multiple agents
-B.bronchiseptica
-CAV-2
-CPIV
-Canine influenza
characterized by
cough, oculonasal discharge and occasionally bronchopneumonia
agent
-bacteria:
> B. bronchiseptica
-viruses:
> CAD-2
> CPIV
> Canine influenza
clincal dz is often result of
multiagent infections, most frequent multigent infection includes:
> B. bronchiseptica
with
> CPIV
or
> CAV-2
zoonosis
-B.bronchoseptica
> in immunocompromised
HR
dogs
risk factors
-exposure to other dogs
-affected animals usually have history of
>boarding
>grooming
>or being in environments with many other dogs (eg- dog parks, vet.hospitals)
START TO COUGH
transmission: excretion
respiratory secretions
ways to transmission
-direct contact
-aerosols
tranmission: route
respiratory (oronasal)
clinical signs : most dogs develop typical mild ‘‘classic’’ clinical dz:
-COUGHING
> sudden onset
>hacking cough often followed by terminal retch
>excessive coughing may cause mild lethargy
-dog otherwise normal
clinical signs: more severe disease
-BRONCHOPNEUMONIA : >fever
>depression
>tachypnea
>dyspnea
>cyanosis
>lung auscultation: wheezes, crackles and rales
- RHINITIS
- UNVACCINATED PUPPIES AND ADULT DOS (SEVERE DISEASE)
DDx
-pulmonary signs:
>fungal pneumonia
>aspiration pneumonia
>pulmonary neoplasia
>pulmonary thromboembolism
>lung lobe torsion
-cough:
>collapsing trachea
>chronic bronchitis
>heart worm disease
>nasopharyngeal foreign body
>pulmonary or mediastinal neoplasia, pulmonary edema
>left atrial enlargement due to chronic left heart disease
diagnosis: material
-blood
-nasopharyngeal, tracheal swabs
-transtracheal fluid wash
