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Lecture 17 - Diseases of the airways 1 Flashcards

1
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what is the most common route by which injurious agents enter the respiratory tact?

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  • inhalation: aerogenous route

- via blood; systemic

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what are the various defences of the upper respiratory tract?

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  • sneezing reflex
  • coughing reflex
  • warming and humidification of inspired air by nasal mucosa = prevent desiccation
  • mechanical filtration
  • nasal hairs: trap large particles
  • mucociliary clearance
  • chemical defence: lactoferrin, lysozyme, b defensins
    normal microflora
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what is primary ciliary dyskenisa?

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structural or functional abnormalities to the cilia

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what are the clinical signs that are suggestive of disease of the nasal cavity or nasopharynx?

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nasal discharge = most common sign
sneezing
snorting
reverse sneezing
gagging
open mouthed breathing
decreased exercise intolerance
face rubbing 
facial deformity/ boney remodelling
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what are the congenital malformations that involve the nasal cavity in the domestic cavity

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  1. severe craniofacial deformities
  2. facial clefts
  3. cystic nasal conchae
  4. choanal actresis
  5. brachycephalic airway syndrom
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what three conditions commonly predispose an animal to severe cranoifacial deformities? what are they?

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  • holoprencephaly –> forebrain deformities typically including ageneisis, or severe hypoplasis of olfactory bulbs and tracts = abnormal differentiation of the forebrain into cerebral hemispheres, olfactory system, optical vessels, thalamus and hypothalamus
  • chrondrodysplasia –> inherited, impaired longitudinal growth of cartilage –> dispropriate dwarfism
  • wry nose
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what are two common facial clefts seen?

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  • chelisoschisis - cleft lip

- palatoschsis - cleft palate

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what are the consequences of palatoschisis?

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animal can’t suck, if they can may risk aspiration pneumonia

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what is cystic nasal conchae, in what animals does it normally develop in?

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commonly seen in cattle

uni or bi lateral smooth surfaced bony projecting nodules in ventral nasal meatus

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what is choanal actresis? what usually causes choanal actresis?

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uni or bilateral failure of formation of a communicating channel between the nasal cavity and nasopharynx
usually due to persistence of choanal membrane

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what are the various possible components of brachycephalic airway syndrome? which animals are affected by this syndrome?

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BAS refers to multiple congenital abnormalities found in brachephalic dog breeds
may include:
- stenotic external nares - lack rigidity = collapse on insp
- elongated soft palate - SP too long for epiglottis = obst.
- everted laryngeal saccule - sit behind epiglottis, become oedematous = obstruction
- laryngeal collapse- larynx fatigued due to chronic obst.
- tracheal hypoplasia = airflow

BRACHYCEPHALIC DOG BREEDS AFFECTED = bulldogs, boxers, boston terriers, pugs and pekingese

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what is epistaxis?

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haemorrhage from the nose

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what are potential causes of epistaxis

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trauma, foreign bodies, tumour, severe rhinos, intense sneezing episodes, bleeding disorders.
infrequently may be caused by - systemic hypertension, right sided congestive heart failure or intra nasal vascular aneurysm

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what is a progressive ethmoid haemoatoma in horse?

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unilateral space occupying mass of organising haemorrhage and reparative granulation tissue in the submucosa of ethmoid tubrinates

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what breeds do ethmoid haemoatoma commonly affect?

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TB’s and arabian breeds

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what is rhinitis?

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inflammation of the nasal cavity

17
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what are potential causes of rhinitis in domestic animals?

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  • viruses e.g. canine distemper
  • bacteria
  • fungi
  • parasites
  • foreign body - stick, splinter, grass seed
  • allergen
18
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acute rhinitis is characterised by ___ and ____ and exudation into the nasal cavities

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mucosal oedema

hyperaemia

19
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most forms of rhinitis are self limiting and follow a chronological sequence of what kinds of inflammation

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  1. serous
  2. catahharal
  3. purulent
  4. fibrinous
20
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describe the exudate commonly seen in serous rhinitis and what cell type predominates? describe the gross appearance of the sub mucosa.

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  • acute - clear, watery nasal discharge
  • contains few leukocytes
  • submucosa is oedematous and hyperaemia
    = MILDEST FORM eg/ early stage of viral infection, exposure to cold air or mild nasal irritant
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describe the exudate commonly seen in catharral rhinitis and what cell type predominates? when does catharral rhinitis usually appear?

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  • hrs - days
  • nasal exudate typically mucoid due to increased production by mucosal goblet cells and submucosal glands
  • additional recruitment of neutrophils and sloughing epithelial cells
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describe the exudate commonly seen in purulent (suppurative) rhinitis and what cell type predominates? does pus indicate bacterial infection?

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  • exudate thickens = large numbers of neutrophils, accompanying EROSION AND ULCERATION of nasal mucosa.
  • pus does not indicate bacteria infection –> suggest there is enough need for neutrophils
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describe the exudate commonly seen in fibrinous rhinitis, what does this indicate?

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indicative of severe nasal mucosal injury
w/ marked increase in vascular permeability
= leakage of fibrin and neutrophils

24
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what are some causes of fibrinous rhinitis in domestic animals?

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  • fungal rhinitis
  • infectious bovine rinhotracheatitis
  • fusobacterium necrophrum
  • allergic rhinitis: hay fever
25
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what are some gross and histological nasal lesions that can develop if rhinitis becomes chronic?

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  • progressive fibrosis of the nasal submocas
  • atrophy of the submucosal seromuccoid glands
  • hyperplasia
  • squamous metaplasia of the mucosal epithelium
  • formation of proliferative soft tissue mass in the submucosa
  • destruction and atrophy of nasal turbinate bones
  • deviation of the nasal septum and eventually gross craniofacial deformity
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what is lymphocytic-plasmacytic rhinitis? in which species is it common? how is it characterised histologically?

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  • common form of rhinitis in dogs and cats
  • associated with persistent catarrhal - mucoplurant discharge
  • histological characterised by submucosal infiltrates of lymphocytes and plasma cells
27
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what are possible causes of chronic granulomatous to pyogranulomatous rhinitis in domestic animals
how is it characterised histologically?

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  • chronic allergic rhinitis, chronic fungal infections, foreign bodies, chronic infections
  • characterised by accumulation of submucosal macrophages and smaller number of lymphocytes, plasma cells, neutrophils, or eosinophils
28
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what is allergic rhinitis? in which species is it recognised in?

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type I hypersensitivy to allergens –> exudation of eosinophils and mucus
recognised in dogs and cats

29
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what are polyps and where can polyps develop as a consequence of chronic inflammation of the upper respiratory tract?
what species are polyps especially common in

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polyps are masses of well vascularised reparative CT that arise as a consequence of chronic inflammation

  • arise within nasal cavity, nasopharynx, auditory tubes
  • cats <3 yr old and horses
30
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what is sinusitis?

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inflammation of paranasal sinus

31
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what is a common cause of sinusitis

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it is a common extension of rhinitis

32
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which paranasal sinus are often affected in sinusitis?

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frontal

maxilalry

33
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in which species is sinusitis most often diagnosed and why?

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horses - limited drainage of sinuses

34
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suppurative guttural ouch infection is most often caused by

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streptococcus equi

- strangles infection with guttural pouch involvement a sequel to abseccsation of the retropharyngeal lymph nodes

35
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fungal infections of the guttural pouch is most often caused by

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aspergillus fumigatus

- most often seen in stabled horses probs because they whale spores from mouldy hay

36
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what are common names for suppurative and fungal guttural pouch infections

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suppurative - gut pouch empyema

fungal - gut pouch mycosis

37
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what are some potential consequences of guttural pouch empyema/mycosis

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  • compression or inflame and necrosis of cranial nerves VII, IX, X, XI, XII and/or symp trunk
  • rupture and severe epistaxis of the internal carotid artery
  • damage to vagus nerve –> laryngeal hemiplasia
38
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define guttural pouch tympany

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accumulation of air in guttural ouch

39
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what species if guttural pouch tympany most often seen in

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foals up to 1 yr old, most often fillies

due to abnormal valvular function at the nasopharyngeal orifice of the auditory tube

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