New dog flu going around
Just at the vets office this morning for one of our kids scheduled shots. The vet mentioned that there is a new strain of dog flu going around, for which they do not yet have a vaccine available. ...
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JAXFL wrote:
"Symptoms were coughing, and sneezing"
Is this something that comes on fast? Like overnight or in a day or two?
Any other symptoms?
If there are no vaccines for it, is there any reason to take the dog to the vet?
This virus has hit our area pretty hard, we're near Chicago and it's spread. It is still recommended to get the flu vaccine as there MAY be some cross immunity even though the vaccine doesn't have the exact strain of flu in it.
The reason that you need to go to the vet if your dog gets sick is that medication can lessen the symptoms and sometimes secondary bacterial infections can pile on and make the whole illness worse.
Doug, DVM
