[ SHOWGSD-L ] Dog Flu
- From: Stormy435@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:49:27 EDT
From AP and AOL News:
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.........................................................And the Best Friends
kennel was forced to close for three weeks after more than 100 other dogs
began showing signs of what turned out to be a new disease: canine influenza
virus, or dog flu.
"He was extremely lethargic, having a hard time breathing," said Curry's
owner, Margaret Ragi of Upper Saddle River, N.J. "The life just wasn't there in
his eyes. We were really worried."
Lots of dog lovers are worried these days. Experts say the flu is spreading
steadily through the nation's dogs, with no vaccine available to curb it.
Perhaps 5 percent of its victims are dying.
Researchers recently found to their surprise that the virus had crossed over
from horses to dogs, striking greyhounds at racetracks in 11 states.
Now it has been found in pets, with cases documented in California, Florida,
Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon and
Washington state.
"One-hundred percent of dogs will be susceptible," said Edward Dubovi,
director of the animal virology lab at Cornell University. "I would expect to
see
this infection moving thorough groups of dogs until a large percentage gets
infected and there are a lot of immune dogs."
Stormy Hope
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Dog's love is different, it requires no return
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