Small animal disease surveillance 2019: respiratory disease, antibiotic prescription and canine infectious respiratory disease complex

### Respiratory disease, antibiotic prescription and canine infectious respiratory disease complex: report summary This report represents the third occasion the Small Animal Veterinary Surveillance Network (SAVSNET) has summarised respiratory disease in companion animals.1,2 The present report considers electronic health records (EHRs) captured by the SAVSNET project from 227 voluntary veterinary practices (484 sites) over a 14-month period from 1 January 2018 to 28 February 2019. A detailed description of the methodology used by SAVSNET to capture EHRs has been previously provided.3,4 A total of 1,710,078 consultations were analysed, of which 70.2 per cent were from dogs, 26.6 per cent were from cats, 1.7 per cent were from rabbits, and the remaining 1.5 per cent were from other species, or where species was not recorded. Animals mainly presenting for investigation and/or treatment of respiratory disease according to the attending veterinary surgeon or nurse comprised 0.9 per cent, 1.2 per cent and 1.2 per cent of total dog, cat and rabbit consultations, respectively. Short questionnaires2 were completed by the attending practitioner after 3937 random respiratory disease consultations (2404 canine, 1177 feline, 356 …