Do they really need to know the difference between a tongue
flick in a brachycephalic breed versus other breeds or decipher what the various amplitudes and heights of tail wags might indicate?
Heat stress is more
prevalent in brachycephalic breeds (or dogs with short noses), dogs that have recently been ill, dogs with underlying health problems, or dogs taking certain medications.
A common
disorder in brachycephalic breeds — those with «smushed» faces such as the English Bulldog, the Boston Terrier, the Pug, and the Pekingese — stenotic nares are genetic, caused by a malformation of the cartilage in the nose, and are a component of brachycephalic syndrome.
Canine glioma, an aggressive type of brain tumor, occurs most
frequently in brachycephalic breeds (those with a broad, short skulls) such as Boxers and Boston terriers, although the tumors occur in other breeds, as well.
Do not induce vomiting if your dog has a medical condition that could cause the vomitus to be aspirated into the lungs such as megaesophagus, laryngeal paralysis or
in brachycephalic breeds (bulldogs, pugs, Boston terriers, etc) and it snores.
However,
in brachycephalic breeds, these rings may be thicker than usual, causing the space between them to be more narrow than they should.
Epuli typically occur in dogs aged 7 years or older and
in brachycephalic breeds.
Hypoplastic trachea is also common
in brachycephalic breeds and means that the windpipe has a smaller diameter than normal.
Keratoconjunctivitis (KCS, or dry eye) is very common
in brachycephalic breeds.
In brachycephalic breeds, the esophagus (the tube that conducts swallowed food from the throat to the stomach) experiences reflux of stomach contents backwards.
Psychological desensitisation in veterinarians to URT in brachycephalic dogs may result from chronic exposure to common clinical signs of BOAS (e.g. increased and / or abnormal respiratory noise)
in brachycephalic breeds such as the French Bulldog that potentially leads to underreporting in clinical notes.