If you haven't been listening to the news lately and you have a canine companion, listen up. A strain of flu is going around. It somehow made it's way from horses to dogs. The virus seems to be quite contagious and also potentially deadly. They say that 10 percent of dogs that contract it die.
The virus can apparently be passed quite easily through casual dog contact or may even be passed from animal to animal by humans who carry it home.
The symptoms include coughing (the virus mimics "kennel cough"), gagging, lethargy, loss of appetite and a runny nose.
If your pet displays any of the above signs, get to the vet ASAP.
3 comments:
Very important post and thanx so much for letting me know about it. (I can't bear to watch the news anymore!)
MAryanne
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thanks for the warning, my dogs and don't have contact with horses, but we do play with the neighboring dogs, and they might have contact with horses/dogs who have had this flu. so thanks for giving a head's up. grins, debra
this is a very worrisome thing..... judi
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