HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) – Veterinarians are on excessive alert following a number of circumstances of respiratory sickness in dogs throughout the nation.
Dr. William Hagans with Town & Country Animal Clinic mentioned it reveals related signs of kennel cough, nevertheless, dogs are declining faster than kennel cough, inflicting a number of points.
“We all know about kennel cough, but this new respiratory illness is starting to present with more symptoms, more severe, they decline more quickly than your typical kennel cough patients would. So, it has thrown up some red flags.”
“It has thrown up some red flags,” he mentioned. “They’re getting sicker. Most of the time, kennel cough will go away on its own, it’s annoying to deal with, but a lot of time it goes away on its own, but this process itself leads to pneumonia, severe illness, hospitalization. So, what starts out as something very familiar turns into something that’s very different.”
He mentioned it could actually unfold rapidly, particularly in areas with numerous visitors.
“Any area where you’re gonna have dogs that assemble in one place, even the hospitals,” Dr. Hagans defined. “Now it’s, ‘Hey, I’ve gone to so and so’s house and now my dog is coughing.’ So, even a quick trip to a friend’s house for a play date with dogs turns into something and now, you’ve got dogs coughing that otherwise wouldn’t be.”
Dr. Hagans mentioned you possibly can defend your canine by staying updated with vaccinations.
“If they get this other disease complex, it also benefits that they’re covered under something else. So, they don’t get multiple diseases on top of each other. So, make sure that your pet is current on vaccinations. parainfluenza, kennel cough, even now, your flu vaccine. Anything to help to cover anything that might arise with your particular pet,” he mentioned.
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