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***Results from bronchoconstriction which results in airway obstruction - this constriction is thought to arise from [[Mast Cells|mast cell]] degranulation and histamine release
 
***Results from bronchoconstriction which results in airway obstruction - this constriction is thought to arise from [[Mast Cells|mast cell]] degranulation and histamine release
 
*Histologically
 
*Histologically
**[[Bronchi and Bronchioles Inflammatory - Pathology#Acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis|Acute bronchiolitis]], characteristic of the bronchiolar response is the formation of syncytial giant cells  (formed by proliferating bronchiolar epithelial cells which may contain [[Cellular Inclusions|intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies]]), alveolar epithelium sometimes affected
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**[[Bronchitis#Acute bronchitis/bronchiolitis|Acute bronchiolitis]], characteristic of the bronchiolar response is the formation of syncytial giant cells  (formed by proliferating bronchiolar epithelial cells which may contain [[Cellular Inclusions|intracytoplasmic inclusion bodies]]), alveolar epithelium sometimes affected
 
**Obstruction of bronchioles by exudate - these may later become obliterated by the fibrous tissue of organisation
 
**Obstruction of bronchioles by exudate - these may later become obliterated by the fibrous tissue of organisation
 
*May contribute to [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Enzootic pneumonia of calves|Enzootic pneumonia of calves]]
 
*May contribute to [[Respiratory Bacterial Infections - Pathology#Enzootic pneumonia of calves|Enzootic pneumonia of calves]]
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