Bordetella can not only be isolated from respiratory secretions, but also from the oral cavity of healthy cats. So how to treat this disease?

This disease usually causes cats to have difficulty breathing, fever and other corresponding symptoms. Severely ill cats may die. Therefore, when a cat is found to have similar symptoms, it is best to undergo examination and treatment in time.

A variety of antimicrobial agents are available for Bordetella infections in cats. Antimicrobial therapy may prevent the development of bronchopneumonia in young cats given concurrent viral infections of the upper respiratory tract. Although tetracycline is listed as one of the antibiotics used to treat Bordetella infections, many cats cannot tolerate oral administration of this drug.

Amoxicillin and enrofloxacin both have good curative effects on Bordetella infections. Enrofloxacin can be used in kittens but not in puppies when there is no risk of complications from the drug. An initial Bordetella infection in dogs and cats can last up to 12 weeks. Treatments of 4 weeks or longer are common.