Severe bronchiectasis resulting from chronic bacterial bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in a jungle cat

Chronic bronchitis and bronchopneumonia should be considered as a cause of bronchiectasis and a differential diagnosis for respiratory disease in non-domestic felids

Bronchiectasis is irreversible bronchial dilation that can be congenital or acquired secondary to chronic airway obstruction. Feline bronchiectasis is rare and, to our knowledge, has not been reported previously in a non-domestic felid. A 10-y-old female jungle cat (Felis chaus) was presented for evaluation of an abdominal mass and suspected pulmonary metastasis. The animal died during exploratory laparotomy and was submitted for postmortem examination. Gross examination revealed consolidation of the left caudal lung lobe and hila of the cranial lung lobes. Elsewhere in the lungs were several pale-yellow pleural foci of endogenous lipid pneumonia. On cut section, there was severe distension ...

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Antonio Maria Tardo Med Vet PhD Pneumology 15 December 2023

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Severe bronchiectasis resulting from chronic bacterial bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in a jungle cat

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Severe bronchiectasis resulting from chronic bacterial bronchitis and bronchopneumonia in a jungle cat

Scientific Publishing