These animals can also have a variety of breathing problems such
as narrow nostrils and relatively large tongues.
These animals can have a variety of problems contributing to their breathing problems such
as narrow nostrils, excessive soft tissue in the mouth and throat like the soft palate and relatively large tongues and they also tend to have very narrow tracheas (windpipes) compared to normal animals of a similar size.
Not exact matches
We begin to climb again, and
as we snake up
narrow passes, horses and stallions start to appear in the mist, steam shooting from their splayed
nostrils.
If there is only one defect, such
as a
narrowing of the
nostrils (called stenotic nares), the better the prognosis.
Short - faced breeds of dog, such
as bulldogs, are more likely to have congenital breathing difficulties due to
narrowed nostrils and elongates soft palates,
as well
as tumors in the lungs and near the heart.