Respiratory disease
By: Peter Gray.
Series: Allen veterinary handbooks
Publisher: Allen; The Crowood Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Horses -- Diseases; Horses -- Respiratory organs -- Diseases
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Anatomy of the respiratory system; title: Nostrils; title: Nasal passages; title: Nasal bones; title: Maxillae; title: Hard palate; title: Ethmoturbinates; title: Turbinate bones (conchae); title: Nasal mucous membrane; title: Nasopharynx; title: Soft palate; title: Paranasal; title: Sinuses; title: Gutteral pouches; title: Larynx; title: Hyoid bone; title: Trachea; title: Bronchi; title: Lungs; title: Pleura; title: Diaphragm; title: Physiology of the respiratory tract; title: Elasticity and compliance; title: Surfactant; title: Oxygen transfer; title: Control of respiration; title: Respiratory mucus; title: Defence against disease; title: Mucociliary escalator; title: Chemical defences; title: Immunity; title: Resistance and disease; title: Particle size and penetration; title: Factors influencing defence; title: Chemical irritation; title: Mechanical suffocation; title: Heat, cold and humidity; title: Viral effects; title: Nutrition and age; title: Stress; title: Respiratory system in disease; title: General principles in infection; title: Infectious conditions caused by bacteria; title: Pneumonia; title: Pleurisy; title: Infectious conditions caused by viruses; title: Virulence and mutation; title: Viral pneumonia; title: Infection of the newborn; title: Localised diseases of infectious origin; title: Sinusitis.; title: (cont) Pharyngeal lymphoid hyperplasia; title: Gutteral pouch disease; title: Allergic conditions; title: Mechanical diseases of the upper tract; title: Bleeding from the upper or lower tract; title: Infectious disease investigation; title: Samples; title: Swabs, washes and scrapings; title: Isolation and identification of viruses; title: Blood analysis; title: Biochemistry; title: Diagnosis, treatment and management; title: Specific virus diseases; title: Equine influenza; title: Herpesvirus infection; title: EHV-1; title: EHV-4; title: EHV-2; title: EHV-3; title: Adenovirus infection; title: Equine rhinovirus; title: Equine viral arteritis; title: Bacterial, fungal and parasitic lung disease; title: Bacterial diseases; title: Strangles; title: Streptococcus zooepidemicus; title: Streptococcus pneumoniae; title: Rhodococcus equi; title: Bordetella bronchiseptica; title: Fungal infections; title: Parasitic respiratory infections; title: Lungworm; title: Roundworm; title: Redworm; title: Non-infectious lung disease; title: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); title: Exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH); title: Conditions of the pharynx and larynx; title: Idiopathic laryngeal hemiplegia (LH); title: Palatopharyngeal arch.; title: (cont) Epiglottic entrapment; title: Soft palate displacement; title: Severe arytenoid chondritis; title: Subepiglottic cyst; title: Environmental influences; title: Outdoor conditions; title: Indoor conditions; title: Stabling; title: Stable environment; title: Reasons for stabling.