Respiratory Flashcards
Feline asthma syndrome is also called:
What is it?
How is it treated?
Feline allergic bronchitis or hyperactive airway disease
A type I hypersensitivity to inhaled allergens
Asthma medications but also responds well to steroids
Chronic enzootic pneumonia in sheep is also known as what?
Atypical pneumonia, chronic nonprogressive pneumonia
Calves born with what syndrome are highly susceptible to bronchopneumonia?
BLAD - Bovine leukocyte adhesion deficiency
What are the two classifications of pulmonary emphysema?
Who is the main species for interstitial?
How can you tell?
Alveolar and interstitial
Mainly cattle
Prominant fibrous connective tissue between lobules
EDx?
Where else can this be seen??
What makes this easy to differentiate from other fibrinous processes?
Viral Fibrinous Rhinitis by Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis (Bovine Herpesvirus 1)
Trachea, esophagus, forestomach
Formation of a diphtheritic membrane (pseudomembrane)
What is the current name for canine tracheobronchitis or kennel cough?
Canine infectious respiratory disease (CIRD)
What is laryngeal hemiplegia?
Roaring
Atrophy of left dorsal and lateral cricoaretynoid muscles
Usually the result of an idiopathic neuropathy affecting the left recurrent laryngeal nerve
What is the causative agent of verminous bronchopneumonia in swine?
Metastrongylus spp.
What are Chondroids?
Inspissated exudate specific to the guttural pouch (Stones)
Repiratory histophilosis results in what?
Suppurative or fibrinous bronchopneumonia
What is collapsing trachea?
Dorso-ventral flattening of the trachea and concomitant widening of the dorsal tracheal membrane.
What are some possible causes of RAO? (We don’t know for certain but what do we think)
Allergic
Infectious
Toxic
Genetic
Extrinsic allergic alveolitis is what type of hypersensitivity?
Type III hypersensitivity
MDx?
EDx?
Necrotizing bronchopneumonia
M. bovis induced chronic necrotizing bronchopneumonia
What is the common name for Recurrent Airway Obstruction or chronic bronchiolitis-emphysema complex in horses?
Heaves
When presented with chronic inflammation causing bronchiectasis and cattarhal bronchiolitis, what would the expected consequence be?
Sequelae to this consequence?
Obstruction of bronchi
Emphysema or Atelectasis
What is atelectasis?
Incomplete expansion of the lungs or portions of the lungs
What disease has the potential to cause suppurative lobular bronchopneumonia?
Enzootic pneumonia
In recent years who has been recognized as a major risk factor for exposing dogs and cats to respiratory diseases?
Animal shelters
What is the name of this pedunculated tumor-like lesion in older horses?
Progressive ethmoidal hematoma
or
Recurring Ethmoidal Hematoma (REH)
What are the three funcitonal divisions within the respiratory system?
Conducting
Transitional
Respiratory (Exchange)
Diagnosis?
RAO
Diagnosis
Intersitial emphysema
Due to its highly contagious nature, where is CIRD a major concern?
Shelters
What are two common sequelae of chronic suppurative pneumonia?
Abscessation and bronchiolectasis
What is pulmonary anthracosis?
How does one get this?
Buildup of collagen in the lungs
Living in a polluted area or with a smoker
Diagnosis?
Atrophic rhinitis
What are the defense mechanisms of the transitional system?
Club cells
Antioxidants
Antibodies
Lysozyme
What are the viral agents causing pneumonia in sheep?
PI-3
RSV
Maedi (Visna/Maedi):
LIP (Lymphoid interstitial pneumonia)
Diagnosis?
BRSV
(Syncytial cells)
What is the guttural pouch?
Large diverticula of the ventral portion of the eustachian tubes in the horse
The bronchioles epithelium is susceptible to injury, what are the three main categories of things that injure them and give some examples.
Repiratory viruses - Bovine parainfluenza 3, Bovine syncytial virus, adenovirus, canine distemper virus
Oxidant gases - NO2, SO2
Ozone - excess O2 therapy
Toxic substances - paraquat
What is the cause of necrotic laryngitis in calves?
Calf diphtheria
Secondary infection by Fusobacterium necrophorum following trauma or viral infection (IBR). Can also be as part of oral necrobacillosis in calves and swine.
Plaques of ulceration covered by fibronecrotic exudate (pseudomembranes)
What are the main pathogenic mechanisms of pulmonary edema?
Increased hydrostatic pressure (cardiogenic edema)
Increased vascular permeability (Injury to the blood-air barrier)
Obstruction to lumphatic drainage: Neoplasia involving thoracic lymph nodes or vessels
What are some common sequelae to strangles?
Bronchopneumonia
Laryngeal hemiplegia (“roaring”)
Horner’s syndrome (facial paralysis)
Purpura hemorrhagica
Guttural pouch empyema (pus accumulation)
Rupture of abscesses –> Cellulitis and Cutaneous fistulas
Diagnosis on this HE stain?
What is the confirmatory cell?
Cardiogenic pulmonary edema
The dark brown pigment within the cytoplasm of alveolar macrophages (Heart failure cells)
In addition to gas exchange, what is the respiratory system also involved in?
Phonation
Olfaction
Temperature regulation
Acid-base balance
Blood pressure regulation
What environmental factors greatly increase the risk of bovine enzootic pneumonia?
Air quality (poor ventilation)
High relative humidity
Crowding
What are some etiologic agents involved in Chronic enzootic pneumonia in sheep?
M. hemolytica
P. multocida
PI-3
Adenovirus, reovirus, RSV
Chlamydophila and Mycoplasmas
What disease is similar to RAO?
Feline asthma syndrome
How is Maedi characterized?
Dyspnea and an insidious slowly progressive emaciation despite good appetite
What are three routes of pathogen entry into the respiratory system?
Aerogenous (inhalation)
Hematogenous
Direct extension (penetrating wounds, migrating awns, bites, etc.)
What are the primary viral causes of pneumonia in cattle?
IBR (BoHV-1)
Para-influenza-3 virus (PI-3)
Bovine Respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV)
Diagnosis?
Diffuse Interstitial Pneumonia
What is the formal name for calf pneumonia or chronic suppurative pneumonia?
Bovine enzootic pneumonia
SCID foals often succumb to infectious diseases such as what respiratory disease?
Adenoviral pneumonia