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Your veterinarian is best qualified and equipped to make diagnosis and to provide advice for caring for any symptomfree dogs you have in your household. Although dogs will recover from this virus without any treatment, dogs exhibiting symptoms of canine influenza, contact your local veterinarian. It requires veterinary medical attention. Nearly percent of dogs that come in contact with the virus become infected, regardless of age or vaccination history. It had also been diagnosed in Washington, of 7, there had been no reported cases of canine influenza in the State of Illinois.

Canine flu is new disease, so there is lot we dont know about it, but the mortality rate is very low, and many dogs dont even sick from it. Your veterinarian is best qualified and equipped to make diagnosis. If your has respiratory infection or has recently recovered from one, limit its contact with other dogs for couple of weeks, allowing for complete recovery and reducing the likelihood of transmission. Assume that the more exposure your dog has to other dogs, the greater the chance of becoming infected.The important thing is that people not panic over this.

Canine flu is new disease, so there is lot we dont know about it, but the mortality rate is very low, and many dogs dont even sick from it. Symptoms include high fever, increased respiratory rates with difficulty breathing, and other indications of pneumonia. Researchers have observed canine influenza to be fatal in fewer than percent of infected patients. Because this virus is new to dogs, dogs will not have natural immunity to the influenza. Contact your veterinarian if you believe your dog have contracted canine influenza.

Treatment for this population has been successful in about percent of the cases. Although researchers are working on vaccine to prevent canine influenza, one does not exist at this time. As with any other potentially communicable disease, exercising few commonsense precautions can help to prevent the spread of canine influenzaUse kennels, grooming facilities, and dog parks that are well known to you. Watch for news of canine influenza in the State of Illinois. Canine influenza is new, contagious respiratory disease that mirror signs of kennel cough, including sneezing, coughing, and fever.

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