The system of gas exchange is isolated from the rest of the body because of two things.  First air is dirty and filled with viruses, bacteria, mold spores, pollutants, dust and dirt with an occasional insect.  These need to be trapped or prevented from entering this gas filtering system.  The second part is a membrane system that allows gas molecules to pass from the outside air through a thin respiratory membrane, through a thin blood vessel (capillary) and attach to a blood cell for distribution throughout the body.  As with the other body systems, this air exchange system also eliminates waste products from the body (carbon dioxide, hormones, medications) to the outside air.

Aspiration pneumonia is when a foreign material enters the lungs and sets up inflammation and infection.

The epiglottis is a tissue that separates the esophagus from the trachea and it’s primary purpose is to keep food and other solid material from entering the lungs.

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Inflammatory Respiratory Disease is a diagnosis unknown to me but was given to this horse. I am not sure what the difference is between this and pneumonia, pneumonitis, and bronchitis. I will apply it to all of the above.

A nasal discharge either from one or both nostrils can come from anywhere in the respiratory tract including the sinus and the lungs and be caused by bacteria, viruses, or allergens.

The epiglottis is a tissue that separates the esophagus from the trachea and it’s primary purpose is to keep food and other solid material from entering the lungs.

Sinus Cysts In Horses

The epiglottis is a tissue that separates the esophagus from the trachea and it’s primary purpose is to keep food and other solid material from entering the lungs.

Pneumonia In Horses

The system of gas exchange is isolated from the rest of the body because of two things.  First air is dirty and filled with viruses, bacteria, mold spores, pollutants, dust and dirt with an occasional insect.  These need to be trapped or prevented from entering this gas filtering system.  The second part is a membrane system that allows gas molecules to pass from the outside air through a thin respiratory membrane, through a thin blood vessel (capillary) and attach to a blood cell for distribution throughout the body.  As with the other body systems, this air exchange system also eliminates waste products from the body (carbon dioxide, hormones, medications) to the outside air.

Aspiration pneumonia is when a foreign material enters the lungs and sets up inflammation and infection.

The epiglottis is a tissue that separates the esophagus from the trachea and it’s primary purpose is to keep food and other solid material from entering the lungs.

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Inflammatory Respiratory Disease is a diagnosis unknown to me but was given to this horse. I am not sure what the difference is between this and pneumonia, pneumonitis, and bronchitis. I will apply it to all of the above.

A nasal discharge either from one or both nostrils can come from anywhere in the respiratory tract including the sinus and the lungs and be caused by bacteria, viruses, or allergens.

The epiglottis is a tissue that separates the esophagus from the trachea and it’s primary purpose is to keep food and other solid material from entering the lungs.

Sinus Cysts In Horses

The epiglottis is a tissue that separates the esophagus from the trachea and it’s primary purpose is to keep food and other solid material from entering the lungs.

Pneumonia In Horses