Respiratory 4 Flashcards
A litter of 8 week old kittens are presented to you. queen unvaccinated
(Clinical signs: coughing, sneezing, nasal discharge, conjunctivitis, mild fever, anorexia)
What are 3 differentials?
- Feline calicivirus
-
Chlamydophila felis
Feline rhinotracheitis (herpesvirus)
True or False:
- Feline upper respiratory virus and Chlamydia typically result in high mortality with low morbidity
- Death of a feline in these scenarios is usually associated with a secondary bacterial infection due to the negative impact of the virus on respiratory defenses
- FALSE - high morbidity, low mortality
- TRUE
Lungs are diffusely motlted, heavy, rubbery, and non-collapsing with blotchy dark regions. In addition, approximately 20% of the anteroventral lung is dark red in color, very firm (consolidated) and an exudate can be expressed from the airways on cut surface:
- What is your morphologic diagnosese?
- What are their causative agent?
- Diffuse interstitial pneumonia and bronchopneumonia
- Feline calicivirus and Bordetella bronchiseptica (respectively)
Feline with the following clinical signs:
Sneezing
Nasal discharge
Swelling over bridge of nose
Enlarged submandivular lymph nodes
No response to antibiotic therapy
What are our 5 differential diagnoses?
- Neoplasia
- Infection (viral, fungal, bacterial)
- Nasal foreign body
- Rhinitis secondary to dental disease
- Allergic rhinitis
This is tissue from a cat. In addition to what is depicted, the cat had swelling over the bridge of the nose and nasal planum.
- What do you see histologically (in general)?
- What is your morphologic diagnosis?
- What is the causative agent?
- Histologically: large, yeast-like structures with a thick capsule surrounded by macrophages and low numbers of PMNs
- Dx: pyogranulomatous rhinitis
- Due to cryptococcus
- In which areas would cryptococcus be most common?
- Which cats are especially vulnerable to a cryptococcus infection?
- Crytococcus is common in areas contaminated with bird (especially pigeon) droppings.
- Immunocompromised cats such as those infected with FeLV or FIV are especially vulnerable to infectious such as cryptococcus.
This is tissue from a cat brought to your clinic for bite wounds to the face, neck, chest, and front leg.
- What is your diagnosis?
- What would be a likely pathogenesis?
- Fibrinopurulent pleuritis (pyothorax) with atelectasis
- Penetrating bite wound to the anteroventral chest –> seeded pleural cavity with bacteria –> pyothorax
This is tissue of Juno, a cat from a household of heavy smokers:
(Top image is normal; bottom image is tissue from Juno)
Name 3 changes that have occurred.
- Submucosal gland hyperplasia
- Increased luminal secretions
- Infiltrate of eosinophils
This is tissue from Juno, a cat from a household of heavy smokers:
(Top picture is normal; bottom image is tissue from Juno)
What change has occurred?
Goblet cell hypertrophy & hyperplasia
Histologic lesions from a cat: (1) goblet cell hypertrophy and hyperplasia, (2) submucosal gland hyperplasia, and (3) eosinophilic bronchitis/bronchiolitis
What is your diagnosis?
Feline asthma (allergic bronchitis)
Complete the following pathogenesis for feline asthma:
Inhaled antigen –> ___A___ –> release granules containing inflammatory mediators –> ___B___
A. Inhaled antigens contact IgE on the surface of mast cells
B. Inflammation & smooth muscle contraction
(Overall: suspected type I immediate hypersensitivity to inhaled allergens)
This is tissue from a cat
(Hx: anorexia, low grade fever, lethargy, abdominal distension, dyspnea; Lab results: high WBC, high neutrophils, high TP, high gammaglobulins, low albumin, and low albumin:globulin ratio)
- What is your morphologic diagnosis?
- What is the cause?
- Pleural effusion and pyogranulomatous pleuritis
- Feline infectious peritonitis
This is tissue from a cat with unilateral nasal discharge, difficulty breathing through her nose, and occasional snorting
- What is your diagnosis?
- What is the pathogenesis?
- Nasopharyngeal polyp
- Develop in the middle ear –> extend down eustachian tube into back or the throat OR breaks through tympanic membrane and extends up the ear canal
- What is a potential sequela to a nasopharyngeal polyp?
- How does the polyp lead to that?
- Otitis media
- Polyp prevents drainage from the eustachia tube –> get a purulent exudate in the middle ear due to the obstruction
Within the following scenario, find the risk factors that could predispose a group of horses to respiratory disease:
Recently purchased, unvaccinated foal from a large sale; introduced directly into a group of 15, 1-3 year old horses
- Recently purchased = STRESS
- Unvaccinated = NO ACTIVE IMMUNITY
- From a large sale = MIXING OF HORSES WITH POTENTIAL EXPOSURE TO NEW PATHOGENS
- Introduced directly into a new group of horses = NO QUARANTINE
In a horse with Equine influenza, what will the following results be for these tests:
- Serum collected during an outbreak?
- Serum collected 2 weeks post-outbreak?
- Negative
- Positive
Complete the pathogenesis of equine influenza:
Equine influenza reproduces in the ___A___ –> decreased mucociliary clearance –> ___B___
Equine influenza reproduces in the A.) upper respiratory epithelial cells –> decreased cucociliary clearance –> B.) bacterial bronchopneumonia
Hx: 4 month old foal with bilateral swelling behind the ramus of the mandible. A number of other young horses on this farm have had bilateral purulent nasal discharge, fever, and submandibular lymphadenopathy.
- What is your diagnosis?
- What is the causative agent?
- Strangles
- Caused by Streptococcus equi
- What is empyema?
- What is a common sequela to suppractive inflammation in the nasal cavities of a horse, such as Streptococcus equi?
- A collection of pus within a naturally existing cavity
- Guttural pouch empyema
Complete the pathogenesis for a guttural pouch empyema:
Bacterial infection of the nasopharynx –> ___A___ –> infection –> ___B___
Bacterial infection of the nasopharynx –> A.) bacteria travel up eustachian tube to guttural pouch –> infection –> B.) guttural pouch empyema
What are 4 clinical signs for a Streptococcus equi infection (strangles) in horses?
- Mucopurulent nasal discharge
- Fever
- Swelling & abscessation of the submandibular & retropharyngeal lymph nodes
- Ruptured sinus tracts through the skin
Complete the pathogenesis for Strangles in a horse:
Exposure to a carrier animal –> ___A___ –> rapid transport of bacteria from tonsil to regional lymph nodes –> ___B___ –> lymph node rupture & drainage –> ___C___
A. Infection of the upper respiratory tract (rhinitis)
B. Lymph node abscess
C. Resolution
Which of the following are sequela of a Streptococcus equi infection?
A. Enlarged lymph nodes
B. Damage to cranial nerves
C. Difficulty swallowing
D. Guttural pouch empyema
E. Facial cellulitis
F. Edema
G. Petchial hemorrhages
H. Horner’s syndrome
ALL OF THE ABOVE, except C.) Difficulty swallowing