Nasal Cavity Diseases

Question 1

90% of cases of infectious rhinitis

Answer 1

Feline herpes virus, feline calicivirus

Question 2

10% of cases

Answer 2

chlamoydophila felis, mycoplasma, coronavirus, bordetlla

Question 3

Feline herpes virus

Answer 3

Rhinotracheitis;

• Establishes lifelong latency
• Treatment- oral antivirals(Famciclovir and acyclovir), but supportive is the main therapy
• Vaccination- parental or intra-nasal
• ulcerative keratisis, punctate, or dendritic ulcers

Question 4

Feline Calicivirus

Answer 4

• High mutation rate
• Direction transmission or via fomites
• Ulcers on the nose, tongue, hard palate, pneumonia, lameness
• can get limping kitten syndrome
• Tx- antiboditics, supportive care

Question 5

Chlamydophila felis

Answer 5

• conjunctivitis with chemosis
• Tx- topical tetracyclines or erythromycin

Question 6

Is bacterial rhinitis a primary disease process?

Answer 6

No- it’s very rarely a primary disease process; mucopurlent to purlent nasal discharge

Secondary to an underlying disease process

Question 7

What are the most common types of fungal rhinitis in cats and dogs?

Answer 7

dogs- aspergillus

Cats and dogs- cryptococcus neoformans and var gattir

Question 8

Nasal aspergillosis

Answer 8

• Nasal ulceration and depigmentation
• Tx- debridment with clotrimazole and systemic antifungals

Question 9

Pneumonyssus canium

Answer 9

• lives in the nasal cavity
• not in cats
• Tx- with ivermectin

Question 10

Lymphoplasmacytic rhinitis

Answer 10

• lymphocytic and plasmacytic infiltration
• Can be uni- or bilateral nasal discharge
• Tx-nasal steroids,

Question 11

Is lymphoplasmacytic rhinitis common?

Answer 11

No! with the same CS these are much more common

1. Neoplasia
2. Fungus
3. Foreign body

Question 12

Nasal Neoplasia

Answer 12

• Most common are adenocarcinoma

Question 13

Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia

Answer 13

• Immotile cillary syndrom
• Rare
• affects the nasal cavities, trachea, and lower airways
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