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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 - Pathology|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 - Pathology#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 - Pathology#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 [[Mineralisation - Pathology#Calcification|general pathology]]
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