Kennel Cough & Bordetella Vaccine

If you want to get fancy, the technical term is Infectious Canine Tracheobronchitis

Let’s break that down:

• Infectious: an illness that is caused by a germ such as a bacteria, virus, fungus or protozoa

• Tracheo-: the trachea or throat.

• -bronch-: the two large tubes or branches leading from the throat to the lungs.

• -itis: inflammation.

That means an upper respiratory infection. Add to that it is contagious, meaning transmissible from one d…