Sentences with phrase «brachycephalic upper airway»

Brachycephalic upper airway syndrome (due to exaggerated facial characteristics of the breed)

We invite pet owners with animals who suffer from brachycephalic upper airway syndrome to contact our Stonebridge Animal Hospital office for a consultation.

In this article he explains a potentially serious breathing problem that can affect brachycephalic breeds — brachycephalic upper airway obstructive syndrome.

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Surgically address upper airway obstructions, such as brachycephalic airway disease or laryngeal paralysis, to decrease risk in individual susceptible patients.

Greyhounds typically have longer sleep times than other dogs, and the brachycephalic breeds with their pushed in snouts (Boston terriers, pugs, English bulldogs, etc.) are more disposed to upper airway obstructions.

Brachycephalic means short - headed, and when shortened to some extremes like we witness today with Bulldogs, this respiratory problem also called congenital obstructive upper airway disease leads to a series of related problem.

Dr. Philipp Mayhew, an associate professor in the Department of Surgical and Radiological Sciences, got a grant for a multi-departmental collaboration — with Dr. Stanley Marks in Medicine and Epidemiology — to study the effect of upper - airway surgical treatment on brachycephalic dog breeds (including Bulldogs, Boston terriers, pugs, boxers, shih tzus, Pekingese) with obstruction syndrome in their lower esophageal area.

Some dogs with brachycephalic syndrome may also have a narrow trachea (windpipe), collapse of the larynx (the cartilages that open and close the upper airway), or paralysis of the laryngeal cartilages.

Dogs who are overweight or suffer from brachycephalic syndrome — upper airway abnormalities typically affecting flat - faced breeds — are most likely to experience the condition.

Animals with brachycephalic facial and upper - respiratory structure are especially prone to airway obstruction post-operatively.

Altogether, the upper airways of the brachycephalic dog compromise the ability to take in air.