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

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

Further reading

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