Tracheobronchial Dz In Cats

Question 1

Bronchial constriction is aka

Answer 1

Asthma = Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis

Question 2

What is the signalment for a cat with Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis

Answer 2

young to middle age and Siamese are pre-disposed

Question 3

Chronic or intermittent cough and Acute resp distress (open mouth breathing and wheezing) in a Siamese cat, what can it be

Answer 3

Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis

Question 4

If you get a cat with Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis, how will their RR be and what can you find in auscultation

Answer 4

RR will be low and at auscultation you can hear wheezes, crackles, and increased expiratory efforts

Question 5

How can you differentiate a cat with Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis vs a cat with pleural effusion

Answer 5

With pleural effusion you might have crackles, they take small breaths, exhausted from breathing, but the RR is higher where as in Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis its low,

Question 6

What do you do first if you suspect Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis

Answer 6

First Tier - Xrays - if cat is stable CBC and Fecal

Question 7

After the first tier what else do you want to do to Dx Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis

Answer 7

Transtracheal wash/bronchoscopy/BAL and cytology/culture

Question 8

With Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis what will you find on the CBC

Answer 8

eosinophil +/-

Question 9

What can be found in the fecal exam, with Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis

Answer 9

Aelurostrongylus spp (lung worm)

Question 10

What can you see in the xrays if you suspect Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis

Answer 10

Some lungs will look normal, others will have a bronchial pattern (MC) and others might have a reticular interstitial and patchy alveolar opacities (like a net over the lungs) Can also see hyperinflation flattening of the diaphragm

Question 11

What can you see with Idiopathic Feline Bronchitis, on the xrays in 10% of cats

Answer 11

collapsed right middle lung