Respiratory System Flashcards

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Conducting System

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the Nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses, larynx, trachea, and bronchi.

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What cells line the conducting system?

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pseudostratified ciliated epithelium and goblet cells

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Transitional system

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Consists exclusively of bronchioles

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What cells line the transitional system?

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Clara cells, non-ciliated secretory cells and only a few ciliated cells. NO goblet cells

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Exchange system

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Composed of alveolar ducts and milions of alveoli; thin walled structures enveloped by a rich network of capillaries, the pulmonary capillaries

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What is the exchange system lined by?

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Epithelial type I (membranous) and type II (granular) pneumocytes

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What are some non-specific defense mechanisms of the respiratory system?

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Mucous trapping
Mucocilliary clearance
Phagocytosis
Air turbulence

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What are some specific defense mechanisms?

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Antibody production
Antibody mediated phagocytosis
cell-mediated immunity

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PAMs

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Pulmonary Alveolar Macrophages

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PIMs

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Pulmonary Intravascular Macrophages

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11
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What other causes predispose to bacterial pneumonia?

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Stress
Dehydration
Pulmonary edema
Uremia
Ammonia
Immunosuppression/immunodeficiency
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Ehtmoidal hematoma

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Pedunculated tumor like lesion in older horses that cause of epistaxis in old horses

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13
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What is the cause of fibrinous rhinitis?

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Infectious Bovine Rhintraceitis

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What causes Atrophic Rhinitis in pigs?

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Bordetella bronchiseptica and Pasteurella multocida type D and A

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What does P. multocida produce to inhibit osteoblastic activity and promote osteoclastic reabsorption of the nasal turbinates?

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cytotoxins

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16
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What caused rhinitis and conjunctivitis in felines?

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Feline Herpesvirus 1

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What causes vesicular/ulcerative glossitis and pneumonia in felines?

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Feline calicivirus

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18
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What causes Granulomatous rhinitis in dogs?

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Rhinosporidium seeberi (aquatic protistam parasite)

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What causes strangles in equines?

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Streptococcus equi

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20
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What can be seen in strangles?

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Inspissated Exudate - “Chondroids”

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21
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What causes Guttural Pouch Mycosis?

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Aspergillus fumigatus

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22
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What happens in Guttural Pouch Mycosis?

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Erosion of the wall of the internal carotid artery leading to epistaxis or fatal hemorrhage

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23
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What causes Enzootic nasal carcinoma in sheep?

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Ovine beta-retrovirus

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24
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What causes necrotic laryngitis (Calf Diptheria)?

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Fusobacterium necrophorum

IBR

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25
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What does Fusobacterium necrophorum or IBR cause?

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Oral necrobacillosis

Plaques of ulceration covered by fibrinonecrotic exudate

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What is causes “roaring” or Laryngeal hemiplagia in horses?

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atrophy of the left dorsal cricoarytenoid muscle

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27
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What is tracheal collapse seen in?

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Toy breed dogs
Horses
Cattle
Goats

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28
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What causes Ulcerative and necrotizing laryngo-tracheitis in cattle?

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IBR

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29
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What causes Canine Infectious tracheobronchitis?

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Bordetella bronchiseptica
Canine Adenovirus 2
CPIV-2
Canine Distemper virus 
Mycoplasma spp.
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30
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What composed the Blood-Air-Barrier?

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Vascular endothelium basement membrane of the endothelial cell, basement membrane of the type I pneumocyte, and cytoplasm of the type I pneumocyte

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31
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What occurs in Exercise induced pulmonary hemorrhage?

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Massive Hemorrhage in the dorso-caudal portions of the caudal lung lobes

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32
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What is common in cattle with vena cava thrombosis?

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Epistaxis

Pulmonary hemorrhage

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33
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What are the main pathogenic mechanisms of pulmonary edema?

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Increased hydrostatic pressure
Increased vascular permeability
Obstruction to lymphatic drainage

34
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Atelectasis

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Incomplete expansion of the lungs or portions of the lungs

35
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Emphysema

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Permanent enlargement of air spaces distal to the terminal bronchiole, accompanied by destruction of alveolar walls

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Bullous emphysema

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Large focal air-filled spaces (bullae) –> rupture may lead to fatal pneumothorax

37
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What are the common patterns of pneumonia?

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Suppurative bronchopneumonia
Fibrinous bronchopneumonia
Interstitial pneumonia
Embolic pneumonia
Granulomatous pneumonia
38
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What causes transient rhino-tracheitis and broncho-interstitial pneumonia with the formation of eosinophilic intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies in bronchial, bronchiolar, alveolar epithelial cells and alveolar macrophages?

A

Para-influenza 3 virus

Bovine Respiratory Syncytial virus

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What occurs in both Bovine Respiratory Syncytial virus and PI-3 virus?

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Formation of syncytial cells

40
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What causes Bovine enzootic pneumonia (chronic suppurative bronchopneumonia)?

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Mycoplasmas
Chlamydophila
Pasteurella multocida
Trueperella pyogenes
Histophilus somni
Mannheimia haemolytica
E. coli
41
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What results in suppurative or fibrinous bronchopneumonia?

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Histophilus somni

42
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What is the important cause of chronic respiratory disease in feedlot cattle?

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Mycoplasma bovis

43
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What is characteristic of Mycoplasma bovis?

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Chronic necrotizing bronchopneumonia

Chronic fibrinous arthritis

44
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What causes bovine tuberculosis?

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M. bovis

45
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Where are lesions common with M. Bovis?

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retropharyngeal lymph nodes
lungs
thoracic
mesenteric lymph nodes

46
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What causes Verminous bronchitis/ pneumonia?

A

Dictyocaulus viviparus

47
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What does the larval migration of Dictyocaulus viviparus cause?

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Interstitial pneumonia

48
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What do the intrabronchial adult parasites of Dictyocaulus viviparus cause?

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Chronic bronchitis

49
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What do the eggs and dead larvae of Dictyocaulus vivparus cause?

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Granulomatous pneumonia

50
Q

What parasite infects the bronchioles of sheep and goats?

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Dictyocaulus filaria

51
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What parasites infect the bronchioles of equids?

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Dictyocaulus arnfieldi

52
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What parasite infects the bronchioles of pigs?

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Metastrongylus spp.

53
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What is the morphologic diagnosis for Metastrongylus spp in pigs?

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Catarrhal bronchitis

54
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What is the etiologic diagnosis of Metastrongylus spp in pigs?

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Verminous bronchitis

55
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What is fog fever?

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Cattle grazing in “fog” pastures high in L-tryptophan that metabolizes in the rumen into 3-methylindole which is absorbed into the blood and into the lungs causing extensive necrosis of bronchiolar epithelial cells and type I pneumocytes

56
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What is commonly seen in adult dairy cows in the winter and the counterpart is “farmer’s lungs”?

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Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis

57
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What is the pathologic process of Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis?

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Type III hypersensitivity reaction to inhaled organic antigens such as fungal spores in moldy hay

58
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What are the lesions characteristic for Extrinsic Allergic Alveolitis?

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subtle gray subpleural foci of granulomatous inflammation to severe “meaty” appearance of the lungs

59
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What is the common name for Maedi-visna in sheep?

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Ovine Progressive Pneumonia

60
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What does Maedi-visna result in?

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Lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia

61
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What virus in goats can cause lymphocytic interstital pneumonia?

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Caprine Arthritic encephalitis

62
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What causes Chronic enzootic pneumonia?

A

Mannheimia haemolytica
Pasteurella multocida
Chlamydiaphila
Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae

63
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What causes Septicemic pasteurellosis in lambs under 3 months?

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Mannheimia haemolytica

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What causes Septicemic pasteurellosis in lambs 5-12 months?

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Bibersteinia trehalosi

65
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What are the lesions associated with Septicemic pasteurellosis?

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Necrotizing pharyngitis
tonsilitis
Septicemia with disseminated intravascular thrombosis
bacteremia

66
Q

What causes Multifocal subpleural pneumonitis in sheep?

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Muellerius capillaris

67
Q

What are the viruses in equine that cause viral pneumonia?

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Equine Herpes Virus 1
Equine Herpes Virus 4
Equine Influenza

68
Q

What do foals with SCID commonly suffer from?

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Adenovirus
Pneumocystis carinii
Rhodococcus equi

69
Q

What is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in foals?

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Rhodococcus equi

70
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What are the four viruses that cause pneumonia in pigs?

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Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)
Swine Influenza
Postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS)
Porcine Respiratory Coronavirus (PRCV)

71
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What is the main pathogen involved with Porcine Enzootic Pneumonia?

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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

72
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What is characteristic of Porcine Enzootic Pneumonia?

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Suppurative or catarrhal bronchopneumonia

73
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What causes fibrinous pleuritis and pneumonia in pigs?

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Glasser’s Disease (Haemophilus parasuis)

74
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What causes Porcine Contagious Pleuropneumonia?

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Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae

75
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What causes infectious pneumonia in dogs?

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Infectious tracheobronchitis (Kennel cough) and canine distemper
Canine Adenovirus 2
Canine Herpes virus 1
Canine Influenza

76
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What causes non-infectious pneumonia in dogs?

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Uremia and paraquat (herbicide) toxicity

77
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What causes Broncho-interstitial pneumonia in dogs?

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Canine distemper

78
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What causes granulomatous pneumonia in dogs?

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Blastomyces dermatitidis

Histoplasmosis

79
Q

What parasite causes pneumonia in cats?

A

Aelurostrongylus abstrusus

80
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What causes ovine pulmonary carcinoma?

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Ovine Retrovirus