"It's really no different if you're talking about dogs or toddlers, if you think they're sick, don't bring them to daycare," Poulsen said. Poulsen said pet owners with sick dogs should call a veterinarian to schedule a test outside the veterinary clinic and should not bring dogs into areas where they could interact with other dogs. The H3N2 infection has been associated with some deaths. Experts say a small percentage will develop more severe symptoms. He said an older strain, H3N8, has also been detected in the region.īoth viruses can cause persistent cough, runny nose and fever in dogs. Clinical assistant professor Keith Poulsen says it's not yet known how effective current vaccines are against this strain, which is believed to have come from Asia. Recent tests from the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory have identified the strain as H3N2. The University of Wisconsin-Madison's School of Veterinary Medicine says the virus has sickened at least 1,000 dogs in Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohio and Indiana. A canine flu outbreak has sickened many dogs in the Midwest, and veterinarians are cautioning pet owners to keep their dogs from going nose-to-nose with other four-legged friends. It’s really no different if you’re talking about dogs or toddlers, if you think they’re sick, don’t bring them to daycare – Clinical assistant professor Keith Poulsen
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