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Cat with upper respiratory tract

signs

2. The cat with acute sneezing or nasal

discharge

Jacquie Rand

KEY SIGNS
● Serous, mucoid, purulent or bloody nasal discharge less than 2 weeks’ duration.
● Acute sneezing or snuffling.

MECHANISM?
● Signs of acute sneezing or nasal discharge usually result from viral, chlamydophilial or
mycoplasmal infection.
WHERE?
● Nose (nasal cavity, paranasal sinuses).

WHAT?
● Most cats (80%) with acute onset of sneezing or nasal discharge have calicivirus or
herpesvirus.

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