title: Feline focus: Update on feline upper respiratory diseases: condition-specific recommendations.
abstract: Clinical signs of upper respiratory disease are common in cats. The differential diagnosis includes viral, bacterial, and fungal infections; chronic rhinosinusitis; foreign bodies; tooth root disease; neoplasia; inflammatory polyps; nasopharyngeal stenosis; and trauma. This article provides specific recommendations concerning the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of the most common causes of upper respiratory diseases in cats.
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* / Q000382:microbiology; D002415:Cats; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000662:veterinary; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*