Respiratory Flashcards
Where does detoxification occur in the lungs?
Bronchioles-clara cells
What kind of microbes pathogens are there?
Viruses
Bacteria
Chlamydia–which I thought was a bacteria…so I dunno why this is its own thing
Fungi
Parasites
What kind of plant dusts harm the lungs?
Grain
Flour
Cotton
Wood
Animal products that can harm the lungs?
Dander
Feathers
Toxic gases that can harm the lungs?
Ammonia
HS
NO2
SO2
Cl
What kind of chemicals can effect the lungs
Organic and inorganic elements
herbicides
asbestos
nickel
lead
What are your two main defense mechanisms of the resp sys
Aerogenous
Hematogenous
What are the main mechanisms involved in clearance?
Sneezing
Coughing
Muco-ciliary effect
Phagocytosis
What are the bacteria that are resistant to killing by Macs?
Mycobacterium
Rhodococcus
Listeria
Which spp has pulmonary intravascular macs as their defense to blood borne agents?
Ruminants
Pigs
Cats
Horses
Which spp have kupffer cells and splenic macs as their defense against blood borne agents?
Dogs
Rodents
Humans
How is rhinitis characterized?
The nature of the exudate
What does Bovine Herpes cause?
Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
When is infectious bovine rhinotracheitis life threatening?
When cattle become secondarily infected with M hemolytica
What kind of lesion does IBR cause?
Serous to mucopurulent exudate from the nose
Ulcers and Fibrinonecrotic membranes, extending to the pharynx, larynx and trachea***
Nasal granulomas are caused by? and what do the lesions look like?
Various etiological agents
Polypoid nodules
Soft, pink and bleed easily
What are the 3 viruses that cause nasal dz in horses?
Equine viral rhinopneumonitis
Equine Influenza
Equine viral arteritis
Which equine virus causes serous and mucopurulent rhinits with a palpebral edema and hemorrhage in various tissues
Equine viral arteritis
Which equine virus causes edematous swelling of the pharyngeal lymph nodes along with ulceration and necrosis of resp epithelium
Equine viral rhinopneumonitis
Equine viral rhinopneumonitis etiology?
Equine Herpes Virus 4
Etiology of Equine Influzena
Orthomyxovirus type A
Which equine virus is not usually seen in the nasal passages?
Equine Influenza
What is the bacteria that causes nasal cavity dz in horses?
Strangles
Etiology of Strangles?
Streptococcus equi equi