title: Small animal disease surveillance: respiratory disease.
abstract: Presentation for respiratory disease comprised 1.7 per cent, 2.3 per cent and 2.5 per cent of canine, feline and rabbit consultations, respectively, between January 2014 and December 2015. Coughing was the most frequent respiratory sign reported in dogs (71.1 per cent of consultations); in cats it was sneezing (42.6 per cent). Mean percentage of samples testing positive for feline calicivirus (FCV) was 30.1 per cent in 2014 and 27.9 per cent in 2015. January was the month with the highest percentage of FCV-positive samples in both 2014 and 2015.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Fernando
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sánchez-Vizcaíno
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Leicestershire LE12 5RD, UK.
authors.forename: Janet M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Daly
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Philip H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dawson
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Rosalind
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gaskell
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Menacere
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Bethaney
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Heayns
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Maya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wardeh
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Newman
authors.affiliation: BSAVA, Woodrow House, 1 Telford Way, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire GL2 2AB, UK.
authors.forename: Sally
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Everitt
authors.affiliation: BSAVA, Woodrow House, 1 Telford Way, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire GL2 2AB, UK.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Day
authors.affiliation: BSAVA, Woodrow House, 1 Telford Way, Waterwells Business Park, Quedgeley, Gloucestershire GL2 2AB, UK.
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McConnell
authors.affiliation: School of Veterinary Science, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Peter J M
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Noble
authors.affiliation: Institute of Infection and Global Health, University of Liverpool, Leahurst Campus, Chester High Road, Neston CH64 7TE, UK.
authors.forename: Alan D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Radford
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002415:Cats; D004283:Dog Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004285:Dogs; D011817:Rabbits; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D018571:Sentinel Surveillance / Q000662:veterinary*; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology