Upper Airway Diseases

Name: Davie County Large Animal
Address: 928 Farmington Rd, Mocksville, NC, 27028, US
Telephone: (336) 998-7131

UPPER AIRWAY DISEASES IN HORSES

Areas of high resistance to airflow • Resistance is related to airway pressure differences

Upper Airway Disease Bernoulli's Principle

Envelopment of the apex and/or margins of the epiglottis * mucosa by the ventral epiglottic andaryteno-epiglottic mucosal folds.

Respiratory noise that sounds like "roaring , 37 when exercised. • Horses with laryngeal hemiplegia have paralysis of the arytenoid cartilage.

The soft palate divides the oral cavity and the nasal cavity. The soft palate forms a seal so that food does not enter during swallowing. Normal During exercise it moves down and the airway opens up to maximize the amount of air to pass into the lungs.