[ SHOWGSD-L ] OH: New virus confirmed in Ohio dog may be infecting, killing other dogs in state

From: "Stormy V. Hope" <stormy435@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx GSDList" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 7 Sep 2013 11:10:23 -0700

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2013/09/new_virus_may_be_infecting_kil.html
http://tinyurl.com/loujtfe



New virus confirmed in Ohio dog may be infecting, killing other dogs in 
state

on September 06, 2013 at 4:00 PM, updated September 07, 2013 at 7:47 AM
        

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A mysterious virus may be sickening and killing dogs 
in Ohio, and could be the first sign of a new illness not seen before in 
pets. Dogs in the Akron-Canton and Cincinnati areas have fallen ill with 
similar symptoms over the past three weeks, and half have died, state 
officials said.

Today, The Ohio Department of Agriculture (ODA) received the first 
confirmation of a case of the virus, called circovirus, in one of these 
dogs, said spokeswoman Erica Hawkins. More testing of samples from the 
other seven dogs who have fallen ill in the state is ongoing, she said, 
and its too soon to know if they all had the same disease.

Of the eight dogs who have had the severe illness over the past few 
weeks, four have died. Symptoms included vasculitis (which is a 
destruction of the bodys blood vessels), severe vomiting, bloody 
diarrhea, fluid buildup around the lungs, as well as rapid heart rate 
and weakness. Four cases were first reported in the Cincinnati area, 
followed by four in Canal Fulton, near Canton.

No new cases have come up since, though there have been many calls from 
concerned pet owners, Hawkins said.

State pathologists have sent samples taken from the ill and dead dogs to 
a lab at the University of California-Davis to test them for circovirus. 
A one-year-old beagle with circovirus died in California in the spring, 
and the schools lab has the equipment to test for the virus, which had 
not previously been diagnosed in dogs but is common in pigs..

rest of article at the link above


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