Approche paraclinique des affections nasales et sinusales

Despite being relatively uncommon in equine practice, sinonasal diseases are especially clinically significant compared to other species since the horse is an obligate nasal breather The clinical symptoms, which many primary infections of the upper respiratory tract and its extensions share, are dominated by nasal discharge of variable characteristics, possibly a respiratory noise (roaring) of variable intensity and facial swelling, which may be sometimes subtle, swelling of the intermandibular region and the guttural pouches area. This prompts the clinician to perform further investigations to reach a final diagnosis depending on the individual clinical presentation. The final diagnosis is based on clinical examination, endoscopy of the nasal cavities sometimes ...