Chapter 37 - Bronchopneumonia Flashcards
What is the most common bacteria in young unvaccinated dogs with CAP (Community acquired pneumonia).
Bordetella Bronchiseptica
What is the most common cause of feline bacterial pneumonia?
Hematogenous spread via the bronchial or pulmonary circulation.
What are the most common bacterial isolated in hematogenous pneumonia in cats?
Staph and strept
Where is the most common location for inhaled foreign bodies in dogs? In cats?
Right mainstem bronchus. Trachea or carina
Name three disease processes in dogs that ccause impaired defense mechanisms.
Primary ciliary dyskinesia, genetic immunoglobulin deficiencies, x-linked severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)
What is the most common underlying cause for aspiration pneumonia in dogs?
Esophageal disease
At what pH does irritation of the pulmonary parenchyma occur from gastric fluid?
<2.5
Name the most common isolates from aspiration pneumonia in dogs
E Coli, Klebsiella, staph/strep
Name the components of canine infectious respiratory disease or CIRD.
Parapinfluenza, adenovirus, distemper, coronavirus, influence, Bordetella, mycoplasma and streptococcus.
What is the most common infectious cause of respiratory disease in cats?
Herpes virus or calicivirus
Area of US where histoplasmosis and blasto are.
Ohio, Missouri and missisippi river valleys.
Where does coccidioidomycosis live?
South west us
What are the three infectious stages for toxoplasma?
Oocysts, tachyzoites and bradyzoites.
What is the transmission for toxo in cats?
Ingestion of feces or water containing oocysts, or tissue containing tachyzoites or bradyzoites.
Where on xrays will you see hematogenous pneumonia?
Caudodorsal
