[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Fw: Influenza is not something to sneeze at
- From: Crossroadsgsd@xxxxxxx
- To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:36:04 EDT
This was posted yesterday by Ruth Anderson. Can't believe noone read it.
Dear Breed Clubs,
(FYI I have been tracking Canine Influenza since September 22nd. As of
today, veterinarians have documented the disease in the following areas:
In the Northwest: Portland, Oregon; Pullman, Washington
In California: San Gabriel, Los Angeles, South Bay, Inglewood, Garden Grove
(60 suspected cases), Orange County, Huntington Beach, Islington.
In the Rockies: No reports found
At dog tracks in: Arizona, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, West Virginia
and Massachusetts.
Noted in August in Florida: Counties: Broward, Dade, Palm Beach, Duval. In
September, noted in Miami, Gainesville, Jacksonville. In Central Florida.
In Mid-Atlantic States: New York, New York City, White Plains, Rockland
County. In New Jersey, Oradell and Hackensack.
Volunteers and newspapers have reported no infections in Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina; Cleveland, Ohio;Pime, California; Columbia County, Albany, New York
Please send any data that you may have as to actual cases to this email
address: cdnewsom@xxxxxxxxx I am tracking the spread of the infection. Anyone
interested in assisting, please join us. Send in weekly reports, whether
negative or positive. Thank you!
Please cross post. I am writing to as many breed club secretary email
addresses as my time allows. However, many clubs do not post email addresses.
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Hobby Breeders unite! This is what we do best. Inform our puppy buyers.
Keep in contact with our puppy buyers. Warn them of the potential dangers.
If we want Congress to hear the voice of the hobby breeder, let it come from
pet owners. Educate all who will listen. Warn them about Canine Influenza
NOW!
CANINE INFLUENZA: STOP IT NOW!
- Catherine D. L. Newsom
A new flu has developed in dogs. It is can be quite virulent. The incubation
period is 2-5 days. What can we do about it to stop its spread?
The AKC has been advising its field representatives to speak with judges at
each show. Judges are using impregnated handi-wipes between the examination
of dogs. Some judges are asking the handlers to show the bites. Judges are
quite sensitive to this problem and are reducing the transmission of the flu
in
the show ring.
Show dog owners and handlers must do their parts as well. Dogs not entered
at shows should be left home. Where possible, have the dog eliminate at home.
Then the dog does not require x-penning or walking around the show. While at
the show, do not keep communal water buckets. Each dog should have its own
bucket. Each bucket should be washed every day. Each dog should have its own
food dish which also should be washed everyday. At shows, water buckets should
not be left out for a thirsty dog to use. This is basic hygiene.
At shows, dogs usually are restricted from interaction. This practice should
be firmed up by owners and handlers. Spectators should be cautioned about
the transmission from dog to dog. Some children try to pet as many dogs as
possible.
It is up to the handlers and the owners as well as the judges to reduce the
risk of transmission of Canine Influenza.
At home, breeders should keep individual water buckets and food dishes.
Visiting dogs should be isolated in the kennel and in a visitor pen. Breeders
with puppies should change their clothes when coming from a show to the
kennel.
These are all things that we do anyway. Perhaps breeders with puppies should
not go at all for this season.
Breeders should be calling their puppy owners. Many pet owners know nothing
about this flu. Some puppy buyers have asked me why did I send them a note
about this when they do not show! And so, I explained.
This is the reason why people buy from breeders. So, that we inform them of
these avoidable disasters.
It is in all of our power to educate. Tell your friends to restrict their
dogs interactions. Tell your friends to avoid patting that cute dog. They may
be transmitting the flu to the next dog. If all dog owners restricted their
dogs from interacting with other dogs for this fall season, we could reduce
the
impact of this flu SIGNIFICANTLY!!
This flu is under our control. Unlike human flu, where viral transmission is
rampant at schools, workplaces, places of transportation, canine flu is
transmittable at the dog-friendly parks and through the travelling dog. If a
pet
owner insists on allowing the dog to socialize, then tell him/her to limit
the socialization to a few dogs whose owners agree. This is not forever. It is
just for the fall season. By stalling the spread of infection now, we will be
lessening the probability of an epidemic later this winter. Make this your
Fall project. Halt the possibility of a Canine Influenza Epidemic.
- Catherine D. L. Newsom is a past president of Sussex Hills Kennel Club, as
well as a past president of Bernese Mountain Dog Club of Watchung, and a
past president of Dalmatian Club of Greater New York.
Cathleen Bennett
_www.crossroadsgsd.com_ (http://www.crossroadsgsd.com/)
We have puppies
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