Clinical-epizootological features of associated bordetheliosis of cats in conditions of walking in Apostolovo, Dnipropetrovsk region

The article presents the results of a thorough study of the clinical and epizootological features of bordeteliosis in cats with a walking habit and analyzed the results related to the identification of potential reservoirs of the causative agent of the infection. Research and analysis of the obtained data was carried out on the basis of private veterinary clinics in the city of Apostolovo, Dnipropetrovsk region, in the period 2022-2024. Patients with clinical signs of respiratory pathology. In the specified period, a total of 87 sick cats with signs of respiratory tract damage were examined. To confirm the laboratory diagnosis of bordetelliosis, the main methods of detecting the pathogen were the bacteriological method and the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Samples for diagnosis were obtained by taking an oropharyngeal swab, in some cases, transnasal washes were examined. To confirm the laboratory diagnosis of infectious viral diseases in cats, rapid IFA tests (FHV Ag) produced by ASAN PHARM (China) and ZRbio (China) were used. It was established that bordetellius infection in cats was registered among other infectious pathologies at the level of 28,5%. As a monoinfection, bordetelliosis was confirmed at the level of 16,5%. It was found to be associated with infectious rhinotracheitis and calicivirus infection (22,5% and 19,5%, respectively), with panleukopenia – 9,5% and with chlamydia – 7,5%. The seasonal peak of bordetelliosis was observed in the spring and autumn months. It was established that the maximum morbidity was observed at the age of 5 weeks to 1 year and was 71,4%. The incidence of bordetella infection in cats was recorded in animals with available free range and was determined at the level of 65,4%. Bordeteliosis of cats manifested itself as a manifest infection with acute and subacute courses, which manifested mucous discharge from the eyes and nose, an increase in submandibular lymph nodes, sneezing, coughing.