title: Upper airway resistance: species-related differences.
abstract: In veterinary medicine, upper airway resistance deserves a particular attention in equines athletes and brachycephalic dogs. Due to the anatomical peculiarities of the upper airway and/or pathological conditions, significant alterations of performance and/or well being might occur in horses and dogs. Physiological specificities and pathological changes of the lower respiratory tract deserve a major attention in other species.
authors.affiliation: Animal Physiology, Veterinary Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Namur.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kirschvink
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Reinhold
mesh_terms: D000403:Airway Resistance / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D003398:Craniosynostoses / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000662:veterinary; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D004285:Dogs; D006736:Horses; D006801:Humans; D009991:Oscillometry; D012123:Pulmonary Ventilation / Q000502:physiology; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D012132:Respiratory Muscles / Q000503:physiopathology; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000503:physiopathology; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine