AGR 331 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ovulation, Pyometra, Papilloma
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Published on 17 Aug 2016
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Saddle Thrombus
●The artery is actually an aorta
●A blood clot will form right before the branching off of the aorta and the
blood flow will be blocked
●Commonly seen in older cats and is life-threatening
●This has around a 50% mortality rate after treatment with medication
Valves of the Heart
●Left AV valve - mitral valve
●Right AV valve - tricuspid valve
●Aortic valve
●Pulmonic valve
●All of these valves create a vacuum in the heart
Respiratory
●Auscultate the chest - entire lung field, if there are no obstructions then
you should not hear any air breathed in
○Dorsally and laterally
○9 quadrants
○Abnormal sounds: crackling from a cold, pneumonia - leather
rubbing together
○Note the pattern, rate, depth, and the effort taken to breathe
○This is all done best when the patient's’ mouth is closed
●Respiration is a passive mechanism
●The chest is a vacuum and if that vacuum is broken/punctured air will rush
out and the animal cannot breathe - also called pneumothorax - treatment
is to put a chest tube in to remove the air and fix the vacuum
Abdomen and Perineum
●Palpate
○Start with a very thin animal (kitten) to get used to the structures
○The 13th rib covers most of the liver so you have to push up under
that rib to palpate the liver
○The uterus will set right over the bladder when standing in normal
position
Reproductive and Urinary
●Male:
○Check if neutered
○Testes
■Look for size
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