Dog flu in Florida
Seen on the news that Florida has a highly contagious dog flu.
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dturm wrote:
The newer flu vaccine for dogs protects both H3N8 and H3N2 strains. The current outbreak in FL is the H3N2 strain. I'd recommend vaccinating your dog (making sure the one used has the H3N2 component) and avoiding places where there are lots of dogs, pet stores, dog parks, dog shows, etc.
Doug, DVM
Thank you for that info - even though we tend to avoid heavy dog-exposed places, while traveling, it's almost impossible to avoid dog walks at rest stops, etc as we go/return from snowbirding (although we try to find those end spots and utilize the edge of the lawn rather than wade (literally) into the lake of dog poo at the "dogwalking area")
