Friday, February 12, 2010

Can Cats Give An Upper Respiratory Infection To A Dog Can My Puppy Contract A URI( Upper Respiratory Infection From A Cat?

Can My puppy contract a URI( upper respiratory infection from a cat? - can cats give an upper respiratory infection to a dog

My friends cat has an infection of the upper respiratory tract and it does not tell me that under our pets to play together. She said that it is contagious, but only contagious among dogs or cats?

3 comments:

Leah said...

URI in dogs and cats are caused by different viruses. I do not think that is easily transmissible between species.

Animalcr... said...

Nearly all infections of the upper respiratory tract are species specific which means it does not extend to cats, dogs or cats than dogs. Not impossible but very unlikely.

Catty said...

It is only contagious among cats.

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