Modern thought often places fruits and vegetables at odds with each other. A food can belong to one but not both. Botanically speaking, a fruit develops from the wall of a plant's ovary and encases the seeds, so back in 1893, John Nix was right: Botanists consider tomatoes a fruit, not a vegetable.
and cough in dogs are more commonly the result of a complex of infectious agents including. viruses rather than a single bacterial species. Clearly, Bordetella species can cause symptoms of upper respiratory infection in dogs, and. bordetella species are considered the single most important causal agent for CIRD.
Although several different viruses and bacteria can cause respiratory disease in cats, calicivirus is one of the more common infectious agents isolated in cats with a respiratory infection.nformation about other infectious agents that can cause an upper respiratory infection in cats can be found in separate handouts in this series of client education materials (refer to Feline Upper Respiratory Infection or specific disease handouts).