Influenza is also a cause of pneumonia independent of secondary bacterial infection. The nastiest secondary pneumonia however is staph, which has a known association with influenza. Necrotizing pneumonia’s such as staph are some of the worst....
Pneumococcal in general is not a passing fancy, nor is Pasteurella, or BRD. Every animal I’ve ever treated for pneumonia has been in very bad shape, viral or bacterial. Thanks for your comments. I see the downside of the Internet, when people get their advice from blogs hawking some new cure, or some new thought on bad Big Medicine, or Big Pharma, or just anything Big.