• No antivirals available at present
• If clinical signs mild, specific therapy may not be indicated as disease is usually self-limiting.
• Avoid factors which may precipitate coughing, e.g. exercise and excitement.
• Cough suppressants, e.g. codeine, may be indicated for uncomplicated cases; not where bacterial pneumonia is suspected.
• In general, antibiotics should be given as B. bronchiseptica is likely to be involved, and also to control secondary bacterial and mycoplasmal infection.
• Oxytetracycline or doxycycline are the drugs of choice where B. bronchiseptica infection is suspected, but other antibiotics such as trimethoprim-sulphamethoxazole may also be of use. B. bronchiseptica tends not to be sensitive to penicillins and cephalosporins.
• In severe cases, aerosol administration of antibiotic may be indicated: particularly in B. bronchiseptica infection, oral or parenteral treatment may not give adequate concentrations of antibiotic in the tracheobronchial tree.

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