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)

# Feline viral rhinotracheitis also known as feline herpesvirus type 1 or FHV-1 - (cat common cold)
# Feline calicivirus - (cat respiratory disease)
# Bordetella bronchiseptica - (cat kennel cough)
# H5N1 (cat avian flu) (see Global spread of H5N1#Felidae (cats))

ources and notes

* [http://www.future-of-vaccination.co.uk/control-cat-flu.asp Control Cat Flu (future-of-vaccination.co.uk)]
* [http://www.fabcats.org/owners/cat_flu/info.html Feline upper respiratory tract disease - Cat Flu (fabcats.org)]

Further reading

* [http://www.sniksnak.com/cathealth/catflu.html Cat Health (sniksnak.com)]
* [http://www.cats.org.uk/catcare/key_cat_care_vaccination.asp Cat Care Vaccination (cats.org.uk)]
* [http://www.yorkcats.org.uk/catflu.htm Cat Flu (yorkcats.org.uk)]