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===Infectious canine tracheitis===
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===[[Infectious Canine Tracheitis|Infectious canine tracheitis]]===
*Synonyms: '''Kennel cough''', '''Infectious tracheobronchitis'''
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*[[Trachea Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of tracheitis|tracheitis]], [[Bronchi and Bronchioles Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of bronchitis or bronchiolitis|bronchitis]]
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*Multiple agents implicated:
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**[[Adenoviridae|Canine adenovirus-2]]
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**[[Paramyxoviridae|Canine parainfluenza-2 virus]]
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**[[Paramyxoviridae#Canine Distemper Virus (CDV)|Canine distemper virus]]
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**[[Bordetella bronchiseptica|''Bordetella bronchoseptica'']]
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*Symptoms are of a persistent, non-productive cough
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*Persistent tracheobronchial inflammation
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*The outcomes is generally recovery (may persist >3 weeks), but extension to [[Bronchi and Bronchioles Inflammatory - Pathology|chronic bronchitis]] or cranioventral [[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Infectious causes of pneumonia|bronchopneumonia]] may occur
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*In severe cases can extend to serous/mucopurulent [[Nasal Cavity Inflammatory - Pathology#Rhinitis|rhinitis]]
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*Lesions are neither specific nor always significant (catarrhal / mucopurulent tracheobronchitis)
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*Enlarged tonsils and retropharyngeal lymph nodes
      
===Canine adenovirus===
 
===Canine adenovirus===
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