Posted by bobrogers on December 31, 2002 at 18:54:49:
In Reply to: Bordetella in cats it is real and can happen!!! posted by aspen on December 10, 2002 at 15:08:04:
<<>> How do you know that your cat had bordetella? Kittens under 8 weeks of age are suceptable to bordetella.According to Dr Alice Wolf at Texas A&M, 80% of adult cats have bordetella and are not sick. This is called normal flora. Just like you can have staph bacteria on your skin and it does not cause disease, it is doubtfull that bordetella causes disease in adult cats. Dr Michael Lappin at Colorado State is the foremost expert on upper respiratory disease in cats. He says that he has not seen a case of Bordetela in an adult cats in 10 years. Is it possible that these cats had one of the more common upper respiratory viruses like rhinotracheitis or calcivirus? The symptoms would be the same.
