Upper respiratory infections are an ongoing challenge for shelter staff seeking to keep their animals healthy and adoptable. Find out how to help control them.
Resources and Articles
From the Magazine
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March 1, 2012
Behavior Department: A Gentle Kind of Cat Care
Researcher Nadine Gourkow developed a unique scale to assess emotional states in shelter cats and confirmed that mental stimulation and gentling techniques both improve cats’ emotional well-being and reduce the incidence of URI.
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November 1, 2011
Value Added
A veterinarian explains “social value,” and how to quantify the results of sheltering and animal welfare programs to public officials who make spending decisions, or to those outside the sheltering sphere.
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November 1, 2009
Mouthpieces: Why Are the Kitties Sneezing?
This installment of Mouthpieces provides information on the prevalance and relative innocence of upper respiratory infections in shelter cats, and encourages potential adopters to look past the sniffles when seeking their perfect feline companion.
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July 1, 2009
Shelter Medicine: The Best Medicine
Upper respiratory infections in cats are an ongoing challenge for shelter staff seeking to keep their kitties healthy and adoptable. Brenda Griffin, D.V.M., lays the groundwork for an approach to keep cats wheeze-free.
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January 1, 2007
The Behavior Department: The URI Challenge
Donna Mlinek of the Dumb Friends League explores how reducing cat stress can increase cat health.
