Insuficiencia respiratoria. concepto, clasificación, causas, síntomas y repercusiones sobre el estado de salud-producción de los animales domésticos

Abstract

The primary purpose of veterinary medicine is to maintain health and welfare of domestic, pets or farm animals, through the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure of diseases; in the clinical practice one of the main pathologies that affect our animals are those related to respiratory activity. Respiratory insufficiency is a syndrome in which there are disorders in any of the respiratory steps that guarantee the contribution of O2 and the elimination of CO2, so that, the conditions of the internal environment are affected and cellular metabolism requirements cannot be supplied; raison for that is necessary determine the partial pressure of these gases in arterial blood. The presence of these disorders, their causes and forms of diagnosis, vary between species, and can occur in any of the breathing steps: pulmonary ventilation, hematosis, transport of respiratory gases by blood, blood-tissue exchange and cellular respiration. Respiratory failure, has a multifactorial origin and can be classified according to its causes, into: ecological origin problems, respiratory thoraco-pulmonary problems, circulatory respiratory problems, blood respiratory problems and respiratory problems at cellular level that affect cellular functional activity, basic structures of the animal body. All pathologies related to respiratory activity affect the health and productivity of animals, diminishing their quality and welfare life while, in productive or farm animals, they reduce their reproductive-productive performance, producing economic losses that affect animal production and farmers' economy.