Dog rapidly lost capability to walk, revealed ‘seizure-like’ activity, says animal medical facility
A veterinary medical facility in Halifax says a dog’s recent death was linked to direct exposure to blue-green algae at Long Lake.
Halifax Veterinary Hospital said in a declaration launched Wednesday that a dog all of a sudden passed away after spending about 5 minutes in the water at Long Lake on June 16.
The veterinarian medical facility says the dog rapidly lost the capability to stand, was non-responsive and revealed “seizure-like” activity.
The dog passed away en route to the emergency situation medical facility around 2 hours after leaving the water.
Halifax Veterinary Hospital said direct exposure to the algae, which produces contaminants, can trigger health problem in human beings and can be deadly to family pets.
“Clinical illness might establish within minutes to hours of direct exposure and might consist of signs such as: throwing up and diarrhea, skin response, abrupt death, seizures, breathing failure or liver failure,” the medical facility said.
The medical facility worried that if owners have doubts that a body of water has an algae flower, it’s finest to keep family pets on land and far from coastlines.
Blue-green algae discovered somewhere else in N.S.
So far this month, blue-green algae has actually been spotted in 9 various lakes throughout the province, consisting of Long Lake, according to the provincial Department of Environment and Climate Change.
Other areas consist of Lochaber Lake in Antigonish County, Scotts and Ameros lakes in Digby County, Ainslie Lake in Inverness County, Morris Lake in Halifax County, Mattatall Lake in Cumberland County, Fox Point Lake in Lunenburg County and Indian Harbour Lake in Guysborough County.
The department website says the algae can appear blue-green, green, brown, red, white or a mix of these colours. It likewise says flowers can “appear like great yard clippings in the water, spilled paint or pea soup,” and can in some cases look like a thick residue on the surface area.
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