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)

Sources and notes

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