Question 1
You are presented with a 10 year old male Chihuahua with a chronic cough that is exacerbated by exercise and/or excitement. You suspect that he may have tracheal collapse: what will you do to investigate this? What radiographic signs do you expect to see in a case of tracheal collapse?

Question 2
What signs do you use to identify bronchi on a radiograph. Having identified an airway, how do you decide whether it is normal?

Question 3
List the 4 most common causes of coughing seen in your practice in a) dogs and b) cats ?

Question 4
You are presented with a dog in left sided heart failure, how do you identify the radiographic signs of cardogenic pulmonary oedema in a dog. In a cat?

Question 5
How do you expect an interstitial pulmonary pattern to appear on a radiograph? What was the cause of the last interstitial lung pattern that you saw in a dog?

Question 6
List 4 causes of nodular pulmonary patterns that you expect to see in your clinic?

Question 7
What criteria do you use to distinguish abnormal pulmonary blood vessels in a) a dog b) a cat?

Question 8
How do you differentiate pulmonary arteries from pulmonary veins?

Question 9
Think about a dog in dorsoventral and in ventrodorsal recumbency, why should we expect the thorax to appear different when the two projections are compared?

Question 10
Cavitated pulmonary lesions occur from time to time and can be identified radiographically. Have you seen such cases in your practice? List 4 possible causes of these lesions.

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