title: Feline focus: Update on feline upper respiratory diseases: introduction and diagnostics.
abstract: Clinical signs of upper respiratory disease are common in cats. Common diagnostic differentials include viral, bacterial, and fungal infections; chronic rhinosinusitis; foreign bodies; tooth root disease; neoplasia; inflammatory polyps; nasopharyngeal stenosis; and trauma. A complete diagnostic workup is important to determine the etiology so that the treatment regimen can be appropriately directed and maximal response to therapy obtained.
authors.affiliation: Colorado State University, USA.
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quimby
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lappin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D002415:Cats; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000662:veterinary*