Respiratory Diseases Flashcards
True or False:
Upper respiratory diseases are typically more severe than lower respiratory disease.
False - Lower tract infections are more severe and are often secondary to a respiratory infection.
What is Atrophic Rhinitis?
A condition which commonly affects pigs which can cause shortening of the snout
What is Blastomycosis?
A zoonotic fungal respiratory infection which is rare in SK
Which of the following is NOT a mechanical airway disease?
a) Collapsing trachea
b) Brachycephalic Syndrome
c) Pulmonary contusion
d) Roaring
C - Pulmonary contusions are a traumatic respiratory condition
The following clinical signs are causes of what condition?
- Stenotic nares
- Hypoplastic trachea
- Excessive soft tissue
- Everted laryngeal saccules
Brachycephalic Syndrome
What is Equine Left Laryngeal Hemiplegia
AKA Roaring is the equine equivalent to paryngeal paralysis in dogs
Which of the following is NOT a traumatic respiratory condition?
a) Diaphragmatic Hernia
b) Toxins
c) Pneumothorax
d) Hemothorax
B - Toxins is another category of respiratory conditions
a) What is a pulmonary contusion?
b) Name a couple clinical signs
a) Pulmonary bruise
b) Tachypnea, dyspnea, crackles
a) What is a hemothorax?
b) What are the two important causes of clinical sings in patients with a hemothorax?
a) When blood accumulates in the thoracic cavity between the lungs and the body wall.
b) Bloos loss and Fluid accumulation in the thoracic cavity
A thoracocentesis can be done for diagnostic and therapeutic purposes for which condition?
Hemothorax
What is a pneumothorax?
When an accumulation of air within the thoracic cavity occurs
