https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/14898/sudden-death-in-10-months-airedale-terrier Hi, I had to do a postmortem on a 10 months male Airedale Terrier dog. Vaccinated, no clinical signs prior to sudden death, was laying on a bed, yelped and died suddenly. Came for post mortem later same day. On post mortem exam: white froth in theen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/86448?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:27:53 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:825ce77a-e48d-4e77-ab38-bde27739a951Nicola Lawlor<p>Consider maybe a sudden intra-cranial bleed? Perhaps congenital issue or previous trauma to the head?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/86439?ContentTypeID=1Sun, 14 Apr 2013 19:43:14 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9ed0f73c-e070-47d1-adf7-0603bdb86010Kate Richardson<p>Thromboembolism? either pulmonary or intra cranial? Just thinking of causes of sudden death other than a&nbsp;fatal cardiac arrhythmia.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/86405?ContentTypeID=1Sat, 13 Apr 2013 11:02:39 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:fbb82144-a9e8-45cb-9798-d62722d6d9b6Tassadar<p><address>Intestinal contents were fine apart from some small incidental foreign body&#39;s already described (a bit of rolled towel cloth size of cherry in the stomach, some tiny plastic bits in large intestines), no blood inside the lumen, no blockage. Probably towel cloth would not be toxic enough to cause sudden death given the size and that probably it was there for days to weeks. No lungworm larva seen inside the heart as well.</address> <p>There were quite a lot of white froth in the trachea/bronchi - suffocation/sudden heart stop? or probably normal finding.</p> <p>Owner did not want to go ahead with histology. Sorry but I forgot to take postmortem photos.</p> <p>Heart itself looked fine: no gray/white patches in myocardium, no white thrombus present inside the chambers or pulmonary artery.</p> <p>It is still a mystery to me why dog would die suddenly, as it is not the first time I am presented with a case like this.</p> <p>I know truth is somewhere out there, maybe I am not meant to know it yet.</p></p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/86384?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:01:49 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:de25e18e-383c-41ef-a502-9b1f2b817351Noweia<p>Lots of white froth could indicate peracute heart failure, may be worth sending heart muscle samples to a lab for histology.</p> <p>Wouldn&#39;t think ulceration in the gut is normal - what did intestinal content look like?</p> <p>Agree photos may be helpful :)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/86382?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:37:26 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:9758047a-26e6-48fb-997c-2428883d599dMark Hedberg<p>Got any pictures?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/86380?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:57:19 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:1d5d2b5d-a228-4e06-8313-e85c42f890d7Michael Woodhouse<p>White froth is a normal finding in the lungs (surfactant). </p> <p>Can&#39;t help any further, sorry.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>