BRONCHOPNEUMONIA IN DOMESTIC CAT

Abstract

Bronchopneumonia is a part of pneumonia that is often observed in veterinary medicine which is usually caused by viruses, bacteria, parasites, fungi and foreign bodies. This case describes cases of bronchopneumonia caused by bacteria, and describes the causes of the disease based on physical examination and supporting examinations in order to determine clinical symptoms and treatment management that can be given to cats. A local cat named Momo, female, aged 2 years, was brought in with complaints of sneezing and coughing for 3 weeks and sometimes had a mucopurulent discharge in the morning and started to get worse 1 week before the examination. Physical examination showed that the cat's nose secreted a mucopurulent discharge accompanied by a serous discharge in the eye area, the cat looked short of breath and heard a sound when auscultated crackles. Investigation with X-ray showed a picture radiopaque in the pulmonary area and the spread of spots in the bronchial area, routine hematological examination showed that the case cat had normochromic normocytic anemia and thrombocytopenia and when carrying out a cytological test bacteria with round chracteristics like grape stands was found. Causative therapy in the form of antibioticsAmoxicillin trihydrate with a dose of 5 mg/kg BW per oral (PO) of 1 mL twice a day for one week and supportive therapy was given multivitamins with administration of 1 mL once a day for 1 week and after being evaluated the treatment was continued with the administration of clavulanic acid. Evaluation on the 7th and 14th day after treatment showed a change in clinical symptoms indicating a change in nasal discharge which was previously mucopurulent to mucus and there was no discharge in the eyes and there was no sneezing and coughing and there were still small white spots on the lungs.