Difference between revisions of "Tracheitis"
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Latest revision as of 18:28, 19 February 2011
Infectious agents
- Inflammation of the trachea - tracheitis
- Tracheitis can occur as part of an extension of an upper or lower viral or bacterial respiratory infection
- May cause
- Obstruction to airflow
- Aspiration pneumonia
- Acute inflammation passes through the same stages as rhinitis
Chronic polypoid tracheitis
- In dogs and cats
- Secondary to chronic inflammation
Infectious causes of tracheitis
| . | VIRAL | BACTERIAL | FUNGAL | PARASITIC |
| Dogs | Infectious canine tracheitis | secondary | . | Filaroides osleri |
| . | Canine herpes virus | . | . | Capillaria aerophila |
| . | Parainfluenza- 2 | . | . | . |
| Cats | Feline viral rhinotracheitis | secondary | . | Capillaria aerophila |
| Horses | Equine influenza | Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus | . | . |
| Cattle | Infectious bovine rhinotracheitis | subclinical CAR bacillus | . | Dictyocaulus viviparus |
| Sheep | . | subclinical CAR bacillus | . | . |
| Pigs | Swine influenza | . | . | . |