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| − | '''[[Lungs Ventilation - Pathology|Disturbances of Ventilation]]'''
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| − | '''[[Lungs Circulatory - Pathology|Disturbances of Circulation]]'''
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| − | ==Pigmentation==
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| − | *Permanent abnormal discoloration
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| − | ===Melanosis===
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| − | *Individual parenchymal lobules are affected
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| − | *Pigment is present in the alveolar walls of calves and lambs
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| − | *Most likely [[Lungs - developmental#Congenital melanosis|congenital]]
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| − | ===Anthracosis===
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| − | *Diffuse greyish discoloration
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| − | Carbon in the connective tissue around airways and vessels, after being brought and deposited there - sequestration - by macrophages from the alveoli
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| − | *Used to be seen in town-dwelling dogs and cats
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| − | ==Calcification==
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| − | *Generally associated with hypervitaminosis D or from ingested vitamin D analogues
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| − | *Common sequel to [[Kidney - Renal failure#Uraemia|uraemia]] in dogs and pulmonary necrosis
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| − | *Lungs may fail to collapse on opening the thorax
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| − | *See [[General Pathology - Pigmentation and Calcification#Calcification|general pathology]]
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