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Dogs in a handful of states across the country are coming down with an unknown respiratory illness that has been fatal in some instances, Today.com’s Maura Hohman reports. Cases have been reported officially or anecdotally in Oregon, Colorado, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, Indiana, Illinois, Washington, Idaho, Georgia and Florida. Veterinarians tell the New York Times’ Rebecca Carballo that they’ve seen more dogs with these symptoms in the past few months, although Stephen Kochis, chief medical officer for the Oregon Humane Society, says they are “not seeing an uptick in respiratory disease outside of the ordinary expectation for pets that would get respiratory disease.” Experts are unsure what is causing the illness.
In Oregon, where the largest number of cases have been reported since the middle of August, the state's veterinary medical association reports that symptoms have fallen into three categories: respiratory illness lasting 6-8 weeks that either doesn’t respond or doesn’t respond well to antibiotics, chronic pneumonia that also doesn’t respond well to antibiotics and pneumonia that quickly becomes severe.
Dogs in a handful of states across the country are coming down with an unknown respiratory illness that has been fatal in some instances, Today.com’s Maura Hohman reports. Cases have been reported officially or anecdotally in Oregon, Colorado, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, Indiana, Illinois, Washington, Idaho, Georgia and Florida. Veterinarians tell the New York Times’ Rebecca Carballo that they’ve seen more dogs with these symptoms in the past few months, although Stephen Kochis, chief medical officer for the Oregon Humane Society, says they are “not seeing an uptick in respiratory disease outside of the ordinary expectation for pets that would get respiratory disease.” Experts are unsure what is causing the illness.
In Oregon, where the largest number of cases have been reported since the middle of August, the state's veterinary medical association reports that symptoms have fallen into three categories: respiratory illness lasting 6-8 weeks that either doesn’t respond or doesn’t respond well to antibiotics, chronic pneumonia that also doesn’t respond well to antibiotics and pneumonia that quickly becomes severe.
originally posted by: angelchemuel
a reply to: Kenzo
One of my students lives in Auckland, New Zealand and she was telling us in class last night that they are experiencing an outbreak of viral pneumonia.
Rainbows
Jane
PS....... hmmmmm..... wondering if this is bacterial not viral. News reports tend to call infections viral when some are bacterial. For example when we had an outbreak of Scarlet Fever here in UK earlier this year amongst our children, they kept callling it a virus..... it's a bactertia.
Hundreds of Dogs Across the U.S. Are Falling Ill With Unknown Respiratory Illness Dogs are Falling Ill with a Unknown Respiratory Illness
The bacteria causing this disease, Brucella, are small, Gram-negative, nonmotile, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped (coccobacilli) bacteria. They function as facultative intracellular parasites, causing chronic disease, which usually persists for life. Four species infect humans: B. abortus, B. canis, B. melitensis, and B. suis. B. abortus is less virulent than B. melitensis and is primarily a disease of cattle. B. canis affects dogs. B. melitensis is the most virulent and invasive species; it usually infects goats and occasionally sheep. B. suis is of intermediate virulence and chiefly infects pigs. Symptoms include profuse sweating and joint and muscle pain. Brucellosis has been recognized in animals and humans since the early 20th century.[7]
Symptoms fever, chills, loss of appetite, sweats, weakness, fatigue, Joint, muscle and back pain, Headache.[2]
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originally posted by: Waterglass
a reply to: Kenzo
Seems like it may already be here as it was launched aginst our dogs. In China people eat dogs. Was the bio weapon released in those balloons last summer?
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Hundreds of Dogs Across the U.S. Are Falling Ill With Unknown Respiratory Illness
Dogs are Falling Ill with a Unknown Respiratory Illness
Dogs in a handful of states across the country are coming down with an unknown respiratory illness that has been fatal in some instances, Today.com’s Maura Hohman reports. Cases have been reported officially or anecdotally in Oregon, Colorado, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, California, Indiana, Illinois, Washington, Idaho, Georgia and Florida. Veterinarians tell the New York Times’ Rebecca Carballo that they’ve seen more dogs with these symptoms in the past few months, although Stephen Kochis, chief medical officer for the Oregon Humane Society, says they are “not seeing an uptick in respiratory disease outside of the ordinary expectation for pets that would get respiratory disease.” Experts are unsure what is causing the illness.
In Oregon, where the largest number of cases have been reported since the middle of August, the state's veterinary medical association reports that symptoms have fallen into three categories: respiratory illness lasting 6-8 weeks that either doesn’t respond or doesn’t respond well to antibiotics, chronic pneumonia that also doesn’t respond well to antibiotics and pneumonia that quickly becomes severe.
The pathogen is “a funky bacterium,” said Dr. David Needle, pathology section chief at the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture at the University of New Hampshire. “It’s smaller than a normal bacterium in its size and in the size of its genome. Long story short, it’s a weird bacterium that can be tough to find and sequence.”
Official urged owners and vets to be on the lookout for cough, sneezing, nasal discharge, and lethargy (lack of energy).
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originally posted by: Kenzo
a reply to: SprocketUK
Well premier Xi just visited USA.....prime suspect #1
As usual we cant get so reliable information from China .
Feels like Déjà vu