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What is Bb?
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| |  | | You may have heard of ‘cat
flu’ from information given to you by your vet. Similarly to
flu in people, this disease can make your pet severely ill. ‘Cat
flu’, which your vet also may call Upper Respiratory Tract Disease
(URTD), results mainly from viruses. The annual ‘cat flu’
vaccine your cat receives provides some protection against the disease
caused by these viruses. |
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| | Even with the vaccine, however, some cats still get
‘flu’. |
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| | | What we have recently learned is
that ‘cat flu’ can also be caused by bacteria called Bordetella
bronchiseptica (Bb). In some cases, ‘cat flu’ resulting
from exposure to Bb can be even more dangerous than the disease
caused by viruses. | |  |
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