Anatomical and gravitational dependence of the distribution of aspirated matter in the lungs of domestic animals

Abstract

At present, aspiration pneumonia and aspiration pneumonitis is an urgent problem in the diagnosis and therapy of animals. To make a diagnosis, an integral part is the collection of anamnesis, which is not always possible to establish accurately. In this regard, it is necessary to detect some markers of the manifestation of aspiration pneumonia, which can be visualized on the radiograph and compared with the clinical manifestations. Most often, in the diagnosis of pneumonia, X-ray examination is used, which provides a fairly large amount of information about the state of the lung tissue at the moment, if necessary, special research methods are used, such as computed tomography and ultrasound diagnostics.

The article presents data on the clinical examination of animals with aspiration pneumonia using X-ray methods and data on the diameter of the main bronchi in dogs. In the domestic literature, there are no studies on this topic in animals, which is a rather negative factor in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease.

The objects of the study were animals with clinical signs of aspiration pneumonia, radiographs of animals such as dogs, cats, rabbits, CT studies of dogs without pathologies of the respiratory system.