Chlamydia in cats is usually most severe in kittens, who acquire chlamydia from direct contact with an infected animal's sneeze or cough, or ...SkiptocontentMyAccountDigitalEditionCustomerServiceGiveaGiftMenuMyAccountDigitalEditionCustomerServiceGiveaGiftBookstoreSubscribeGiveaGiftCatBehaviorCatFoodHealth&CareKittensLifestyleCatBreedsBOOKSTORESubscribeMenuCatBehaviorCatFoodHealth&CareKittensLifestyleCatBreedsBOOKSTORESubscribeSearchSearchfor:SearchSearchfor:CatBehaviorCatFoodHealth&CareKittensLifestyleCatBreedsCustomerServiceMyAccountMenuCatBehaviorCatFoodHealth&CareKittensLifestyleCatBreedsCustomerServiceMyAccountHomeCatHealthCareChlamydiainCats—WhatItIsandWhatItIsn’tAsicktortoiseshellkitten.Photography©Angelafoto|iStock/GettyImagesPlus.CatHealthCareChlamydiainCats—WhatItIsandWhatItIsn’tWhatexactlyischlamydiaincatsandwhatdoesithavetodowithfelineconjunctivitis?Ischlamydiaincatsanythingsimilartochlamydiainhumans?ByElizabethVecsi,May17,2019ShareonfacebookFacebookShareontwitterTwitterShareonlinkedinLinkedInShareonpinterestPinterestShareonemailEmailChlamydiaincatsisarespiratorydiseasethatisusuallyspreadfromcontactwithothercats.Thisconditionismostcommonlyseeninyoungkittensandusuallystartsoffwithconjunctivitis,anabnormaleyedischargeduetoinflammationoftheinsideoftheeyelidandthewhitepartoftheeyeitself.Ischlamydiaincatsthesamethingaschlamydiainhumans?Acalicocatgettingpet—mightbesickoratrest.Photography©krblokhin|iStock/GettyImagesPlus.Whilechlamydiainhumansisacommonsexually-transmittedinfection(STI),ithasnorelationtosexualactivityincats.Chlamydiaincatsisoneformofthefelineupperrespiratorydisease,andthosewithachlamydophiainfectionwillalsohaveaviralupperrespiratoryinfectionsuchascalicivirusorherpesvirus.It’simportantforaveterinariantogiveanaccuratediagnosisforchlamydiaincatssinceitssymptomsaresimilartovariousotherconditions(moreonthatlater).Whatcatsaremostlikelytogetchlamydia?Chlamydiaincatsismostcommoninmulticathouseholdsorwherecatsarehousedclosedtogether,suchasbreedingfacilit