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On VFSS, penetration (ingesta or secretions immediately cranial to the vocal folds) and aspiration (material caudal to the vocal folds) are associated with increased risk of lung injury in people. Penetration-aspiration (P-A) scoring has been validated in animal models, but the incidence of P-A, clinical signs (CS), and dysphagic disorders associated with P-A in dogs are unknown.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Using VFSS, identify the incidence of P-A, compare CS between dogs with and without P-A, and identify predisposing dysphagic abnormalities for P-A.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Animals<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>One hundred client-owned dogs.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Sequential VFSS and associated medical records from dogs presenting to the veterinary teaching hospitals at Auburn University (n\u00a0=\u00a053) and the University of Missouri (n\u00a0=\u00a047) were retrospectively reviewed. Statistical comparisons were made using Mann-Whitney tests, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) on ranks, multiple linear regression, and Spearman rank order correlation (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.05).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>On VFSS, the incidence of pathologic P-A was 39%. No significant differences in CS were found between dogs with or without P-A (P\u2009&amp;gt;\u2009.05), with 14\/39 dogs with P-A presenting without respiratory CS. Pharyngeal (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and esophageal (P\u00a0=\u00a0.009), but not oral-preparatory (P\u00a0=\u00a0.2) dysphagia was more common with P-A. Pharyngeal weakness (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001) and esophago-oropharyngeal reflux (EOR; P\u00a0=\u00a0.05) were independent predictors of P-A and were moderately and weakly positively correlated with P-A score respectively (P\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001, r\u00a0=\u00a00.489; P\u00a0=\u00a0.04, r\u00a0=\u00a00.201).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Penetration-aspiration occurs in dogs in the absence of respiratory CS (i.e., occult P-A). Dogs with pharyngeal weakness and EOR should be considered at risk for P-A.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/jvim.16553","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,10,19]],"date-time":"2022-10-19T03:55:15Z","timestamp":1666151715000},"page":"2149-2159","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":10,"title":["Incidence, clinical signs, and videofluoroscopic swallow study abnormalities associated with airway penetration and aspiration in 100 dogs"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"36","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7695-5562","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Megan","family":"Grobman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Clinical Sciences, , Auburn, Alabama,","place":["USA"]},{"name":"University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine Department of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery, , Columbia, 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