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Lower Respiratory Tract Infections in Cats

Author(s) -

Susan F. Foster,

Patricia Martín

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

journal of feline medicine and surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.837

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1532-2750

pISSN - 1098-612X

DOI - 10.1016/j.jfms.2011.03.009

Subject(s) - cats , respiratory tract , respiratory tract infections , medicine , respiratory system , intensive care medicine , virology , biology

Lower respiratory tract infections (LRTIs) in cats can be due to bacteria, parasites, fungi and viruses. This review details the practical investigation of these infections and highlights specific therapy where possible. The aim is to avoid the all-too-frequent temptation in practice to treat cats with lower respiratory tract signs empirically for feline bronchial disease (FBD)/asthma. This is potentially hazardous as immunosuppressive therapy for FBD/asthma could exacerbate disease due to a LRTI. Empirical treatment of suspected LRTI is also difficult to recommend given the wide range of potential pathogens.

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