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Diseases of the nasal cavity and sinuses (view source)

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*Feline herpesvirus -1

**One of the causes of Feline viral rhinotracheitis

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***Viruses and bacteria are involved in the complex. The most frequent aetiologic agent is FHV-1, and less frequently feline calicivirus and/or ''Chlamydophia ~~psittac~~'' (NB: previously called Chlamydia psittaci var felis)

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***Viruses and bacteria are involved in the complex. The most frequent aetiologic agent is FHV-1, and less frequently feline calicivirus and/or ''Chlamydophia psittaci'' (NB: previously called Chlamydia psittaci var felis)

***All three agents infect URT respiratory epithelium, although FHV-1 has the highest affinity for this epithelium

***Feline calicivirus more frequently infects the oral mucosa -> ulcerative stomatitis

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