Cat flu

Cat flu is feline upper respiratory tract disease. It is generally a misnomer since it usually does not refer to an infection by an influenza virus. Instead it is a syndrome: a term meaning any flu-like respiratory disease in a cat. The signs of this disease may be caused by one or more of several different infectious agents (pathogens):

* Official name of causitive agent - (a related more common term)

1. Feline viral rhinotracheitis \- (cat common cold)
2. Feline calicivirus \- (cat respiratory disease)
3. Bordetella bronchiseptica \- (cat kennel cough)
4. H5N1 (cat avian flu) (see Global spread of H5N1#Felidae (cats))

## Sources and notes[edit | edit source]

* Control Cat Flu (future-of-vaccination.co.uk)
* Feline upper respiratory tract disease - Cat Flu (fabcats.org)

## Further reading[edit | edit source]

* Cat Health (sniksnak.com)
* Cat Care Vaccination (cats.org.uk)
* Cat Flu (yorkcats.org.uk)
* Cat Flu (ae18.com)

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