Bronchoscopy For Dolphins Fixed Stenosis

A 29-year-old bottlenose dolphin recently underwent therapeutic bronchoscopy to treat airway narrowing - stenosis - that was interfering with her breathing. The dolphin had developed a cough (chuffing) which initially responded to antifungal treatment, but she then developed a prolonged blowhole opening time during swimming. She was transported to a local hospital for diagnosis where a computed tomography scan and fiber optic bronchoscopy confirmed the presence of focal stenoses of the right mainstem bronchus and the tracheal bronchus.  read more

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