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'&-*/& 3)*/*5*4 611&3 3&41*3"503: %*4&"4& ] Table 3. Recommended Drug Doses for Cats with Infectious URT Disease Antibiotics Amoxicillin Amoxicillin-Clavulanate Azithromycin Clindamycin Doxycycline Antifungals Fluconazole Itraconazole Antivirals Famciclovir Lysine m NH LH 10 2 m ) NH LH 10 2 m ) NH LH 10 2 ) m NH LH 10 2 ) NH LH 10 2 ) NH DBU 10 2 m ) NH LH 10 2 ) 3FDPNNFOEFE EPTFT WBSZ m NH DBU 10 2 ) NH LH 10 2 ) NH DBU 2 ) Notes t Liquid formulations are useful to aid in administration. t Antifungal drugs should only be used in cases of confirmed fungal etiology. References 1. Plumb DC. Plumb's Veterinary Drug Handbook, 6th ed. Ames, IA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2008. 2. Thomasy SM, Lim CC, Reilly CM, et al.. Evaluation of orally administered famciclovir in cats experimentally infected with feline herpesvirus type-1. Am J Vet Res. 2011;72(1):85-95 . UÊ/hiÊlon}-ÌiÀmÊ«Ào}noÃiÃÊvoÀÊV>ÌÃÊÜiÌhÊ FHV is guarded, since recurrence of ocular and respiratory signs through- out life is common. Ocular complica- tions can include corneal sequestrum, keratomalacia, desmetocoele, and cor- neal scar formation.31 UÊ hÀoniVÊ ÀhinoÃinÕÃiÌiÃÊ iÃÊ >lÃoÊ >ÃÃoVi- ated with high morbidity in individual affected cats. ÌÊiÃÊÀiVommin`i`ÊÌoÊi`ÕV>ÌiÊÌhiÊVliinÌÊ early in the course of diagnosis regarding the concept of chronicity and control rather than cure. After turbinates are destroyed, regardless of the inciting cause, these cats remain predisposed to recurrent infection and inflammation. Affected cats will likely always have some dysfunction, such as nasal discharge. ■ 'F-7 GFMJOF MFVLFNJB WJSVT '*7 GFMJOF JNNVOPEFGJDJFODZ WJSVT '$7 GFMJOF DBMJDJWJSVT ')7 GFMJOF IFSQFT WJSVT 1$3 QPMZNFSBTF DIBJO SFBDUJPO 635 VQQFS SFTQJSBUPSZ USBDU References 1. Quimby J, Lappin MR. Update on feline upper respiratory diseases: Introduction and diagnostics. Compend Cont Ed Pract Vet 2009; 31:554-564. July/August 2012 Today's Veterinary Practice 19