How to assess your dog for brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS)?
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- Опубліковано 5 бер 2021
- How do you know your dog needs BOAS surgery?
A BOAS assessment is one of the tools to identify if your dog has clinically relevant disease (other tools include a CT scan etc..), it also has other uses which we talk about in this video!
I learned how you conduct a BOAS assessment on flat-faced/ brachycephalic breed dogs (eg. pugs, french bulldogs, english bulldogs) from Lydia, an awesome specialist nurse and BOAS assessor. BOAS assessments are done to determine whether your dog requires surgery, medical treatment or further monitoring, as well as research with aims to improve breed health long-term.
What is BOAS?
Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) refers to a group of conditions in brachycephalic (short skull shape and hence flat faced) dogs. Due to extreme breeding conformation, they have anatomical defects (increased amounts of soft tissue in their short skull) and a myriad of health issues that most people are not aware about 😞. With this video, we hope to bring awareness and sign-post some resources on BOAS and educate others on what goes on in a BOAS assessment.
💡💡For more information on BOAS:
Cambridge BOAS Research Group
🔵Website: www.vet.cam.ac.uk/boas/
🔵Insta: / cambridgeboasresearchg...
🔵FB: / cambridgeboasresearchg...
🔵The BOAS nurse (@the_boas_nurse): / the_boas_nurse
🔴🔴 BVA, Jane Ladlow: How do we treat brachy dogs ethically?: www.bva.co.uk/news-and-blog/b...
🟢British Veterinary Association (BVA) policy statement on brachycephalic dogs:
www.bva.co.uk/take-action/our...
⏰Timestamps
0:00
1:02 introduce yourself
1:47 what is BOAS brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome
2:30 part 1: health exam
3:09 stertor respiratory noise
3:27 part 2: exercise test
4:10 break time
4:21 part 3: WBBP whole body barometric plethysmography chamber
5:00 brief trace explaination
5:48 benefits of carrying out BOAS assessment?
6:19 data collection for research
7:10: health issues faced by flat faced dogs and what we can do about it to engage both the general public and veterinary community?
7:51 where to look for more information
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This video provides some insight to:
how do you know your dog needs BOAS surgery
what is BOAS in dogs
should you BOAS assess your brachycephalic patients
what is a BOAS assessment
brachycephalic obstructive airway syndrome in pugs, frenchies, bulldogs
Great breakdown of this condition. Thanks for doing this!
this was an (informative) vlog, nice one May!!
Doing your bit for the brachys - I admire this!
:o
U BABE 😻
Oooo great video this was really interesting
I hope to be a breeder of Boston Terriers in the future. It's unfortunate that this test is extremely uncommon or not even heard of at all in the USA. I want to change that and breed healthy dogs that can breathe to improve the breed. I may have to do the test myself because vets here might not know how so this helps.
please don't
Is this surgery can make my exotic bullies live longer?
Do breeds with this problem have trouble le nursing as puppies.
Can any pug get this surgery so they can breath corectly?😢, if so im willing to get it done, mine isnt having any apparent difficulty but i want to impeove anything i can
Hey there definitely consult your local vet if you could get an assessment done, they’ll be able to provide you with the best advice! Also have provided some links to resources u can check out on BOAS in the description box.
About time people stop breeding dogs that often have a life of suffering, just because they look cute and 'expressive'.. shame on you for buying puppies too and perpetuating the problem.
Or forced neutering of animals with BOAS issues. No matter if it is a competition dog or not.
Competitions sould fail dogs with BOAS issues per default