Kennel cough / bordetella
A respiratory infection discussed before boarding and busy parks. Vaccines reduce risk; they do not make it zero. Stop reading if breathing is hard.
Clinic: Turgutreis Pawspital Veteriner Kliniği
Published: 2026-09-06
Clinic veterinarian: Veteriner Hekim Elif Duran — this page does not yet carry a separate reviewed stamp.
In short
Kennel cough is not one germ. A dry cough is often described. Boarding vaccines are timed to the facility.
Laboured breathing, a blue tongue, collapse or a rapidly worsening puppy is urgent. When to go.
Vaccines
Intranasal and injectable products exist. See the dog vaccine schedule.
Sources and further reading
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