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Evaluation of pulmonary function variables by using plethysmography in cats with respiratory disease associated to Dirofilaria immitis.
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Veterinary parasitology [Vet Parasitol] 2012 Jun 08; Vol. 187 (1-2), pp. 254-8. Date of Electronic Publication: 2011 Dec 19. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- Heartworm Associated Respiratory Disease (HARD) is a pulmonary syndrome that results from the vascular and parenchymal inflammatory response associated with the arrival and death of Dirofilaria immitis in the distal pulmonary arteries. Barometric whole-body plethysmography (BWBP) is a non-invasive pulmonary function test (PFT) that allows a dynamic study of breathing patterns and is useful to study airway disease and the response to different treatments. The aim of this prospective non-blinded study was to compare respiratory function variables between healthy cats and HARD cats (seropositive to D. immitis) by use of BWBP. Twenty-five healthy cats and six HARD cats were put into the plethysmograph chamber and different respiratory variables were measured. The results were analyzed and compared between the two groups of animals. There were significant differences for bronchoconstriction index variables Pause (P-value<0.001) and enhanced pause (P-value<0.001), minute volume (P-value<0.05) and tidal volume (P-value<0.05) between healthy and HARD cats. There were no significant differences in respiratory rate and inspiratory and expiratory times between both groups of animals. The results obtained in our study support that HARD cats show significant differences in pulmonary function variables obtained by BWBP due to an acute inflammatory response at bronchial, vascular and parenchymal level. This PFT could be a useful method to facilitate the diagnosis of pathological states of bronchoconstriction in HARD cats.<br /> (Copyright © 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Animals
Case-Control Studies
Cat Diseases pathology
Cats
Dirofilariasis diagnosis
Female
Male
Respiratory Tract Diseases diagnosis
Respiratory Tract Diseases parasitology
Cat Diseases parasitology
Dirofilaria immitis
Dirofilariasis complications
Plethysmography veterinary
Plethysmography, Whole Body veterinary
Respiratory Tract Diseases veterinary
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-2550
- Volume :
- 187
- Issue :
- 1-2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Veterinary parasitology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22230027
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.12.013