Doxycycline for URI?

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My vet wants to treat Enzo with doxycycline for 20 days because the initial dose wasn't sufficient in treating his URI. Should I be concerned about this? I know I learned a lot about convenia on here and I'm nervous about giving him an antibiotic for so long.
 
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Doxycycline is great at treating secondary bacterial infections often associated with viral URIs. Does Enzo have feline herpes virus or calicivirus? What are his symptoms?

Famcyclovir and L-Lysine are good to treat both Calici and Herpes. There is also a fairly new antibiotic out called Veraflox that is designed to specifically treat secondary bacterial infections associated with feline herpes.
 
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CatPack said:
Doxycycline is great at treating secondary bacterial infections often associated with viral URIs. Does Enzo have feline herpes virus or calicivirus? What are his symptoms?

Famcyclovir and L-Lysine are good to treat both Calici and Herpes. There is also a fairly new antibiotic out called Veraflox that is designed to specifically treat secondary bacterial infections associated with feline herpes.
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I'm not sure if his URI is caused by herpes, we didn't have him tested. But as a precaution I am giving him a lysine supplement. We did a nose culture and the bacteria she found starts with a b-bortitello maybe? He just can't shake the stuffiness.
 
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