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

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