To those with dogs, esp in OH and CA

#1

Fzero

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I know not everyone will care about this, but I wanted to put this information out there for those that care. Basically, there is an unknown illness in dogs that causes HGE. It kills very quickly after the first symptoms of vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Here is one of the reports

http://www.ohio.com/news/mysterious-dog-illness-may-have-reached-akron-canton-area-1.424805

Though it is not known yet for certain, the disease being described in the news from Cincinnati is believed to be a "circovirus" that was mainly known in pigs. This is a family of viruses that had not been known to cause disease in dogs prior to this year

http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/update-on-mysterious-dog-illness-in-ohio-cause-and-suspected?id=2065244%3ATopic%3A3990907&page=1#comments

The only information that I could really find on dog circovirus was a CDC article. Be warned that the article is very technical but if you move toward the bottom for the findings, it will be easier in the section "ISH Analysis and Pathologic Findings in Positive Cases"

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/4/12-1390_article.htm

Just a side note, while I understand that the chances of your dog being affected in small, I still wanted to put this out there for those that have dog(s).

Edit- the reason that I said California too was the the first 5 dogs that caught dogCV the CDC article sampled came from Cali

I know not everyone will care about this, but I wanted to put this information out there for those that care. Basically, there is an unknown illness in dogs that causes HGE. It kills very quickly after the first symptoms of vomiting and bloody diarrhea. Here is one of the reports

http://www.ohio.com/news/mysterious-dog-illness-may-have-reached-akron-canton-area-1.424805

Though it is not known yet for certain, the disease being described in the news from Cincinnati is believed to be a "circovirus" that was mainly known in pigs. This is a family of viruses that had not been known to cause disease in dogs prior to this year

http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/update-on-mysterious-dog-illness-in-ohio-cause-and-suspected?id=2065244%3ATopic%3A3990907&page=1#comments

The only information that I could really find on dog circovirus was a CDC article. Be warned that the article is very technical but if you move toward the bottom for the findings, it will be easier in the section "ISH Analysis and Pathologic Findings in Positive Cases"

http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/19/4/12-1390_article.htm

Just a side note, while I understand that the chances of your dog being affected in small, I still wanted to put this out there for those that have dog(s).

Edit- the reason that I said California too was the the first 5 dogs that caught dogCV the CDC article sampled came from Cali

#2

ranga

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my dog will do some research, he thanks you for the heads up

http://i.imgur.com/ehluk3M.jpg

my dog will do some research, he thanks you for the heads up

http://i.imgur.com/ehluk3M.jpg

#3

becker

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When diseases jump to other species it is very alarming to me. I've been playing too much Last of Us.
Thanks for the heads up.

#4

ckap

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I've been googling and can't find solid results. Anyone know if this reaches down south to the SC-NC area?

#5

Air_

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jesus christ this is RIGHT where i live i hope my dog doesn't die ;~;

#6

DNJ

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wow this is really scary thanks for the warning

#7

Not_Matlock

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How is this transmitted? My dogs don't usually leave our property and never come into contact with other dogs. However, if it's transmitted some other way I might have to keep an eye on them.

#8

Oblivionage

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good thing i have a cat

http://imgur.com/PGGbxoK

that writes my checks

good thing i have a cat

http://imgur.com/PGGbxoK

that writes my checks

#9

Fzero

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Not_MatlockHow is this transmitted? My dogs don't usually leave our property and never come into contact with other dogs. However, if it's transmitted some other way I might have to keep an eye on them.

Who really knows?

ckapI've been googling and can't find solid results. Anyone know if this reaches down south to the SC-NC area?

This turned into an answer for both quotes.

Again who knows. I mean if it's in other areas too, I would suspect that any deaths/sickness would be attributed to the Parvo virus. They both kill the same way and very quickly, and when you add in that dogCV has only broke the Pig barrier, not a single vet would likely to think it wasn't Parvo. More to that case is that they are both treated the same way with decent success if it is treated VERY QUICKLY.

That last part was the main point of this thread. If your dog is vomiting often with bloody stool, do not wait until the morning, or even a few hours, take it to the emergency Vet at that moment since there is 0% of survival without help since hemorrhagic gastroenteritis is very deadly and will die within about 48 hours. Even in the pig world not a lot is really known about it without tons of debate, so when you take into account how new it is to dogs and the other issue that you vaccinate against Parvo that has the same symptoms, it makes it impossible to tell.

I can only tell you what my wife and I decided to do. I should first note that they are basically our children, well completely our children, at our age and never having children we protect all of our animals with parent like care. Anyways, we decided that the best, and taking the littlest risk for their life, we are only allowing them in the backyard until more is known about the outbreak.

PS- Ignore the horrid grammar and sentences. I kept going back and adding more when I thought of something else I researched.

[quote=Not_Matlock]How is this transmitted? My dogs don't usually leave our property and never come into contact with other dogs. However, if it's transmitted some other way I might have to keep an eye on them.[/quote]

Who really knows?

[quote=ckap]I've been googling and can't find solid results. Anyone know if this reaches down south to the SC-NC area?[/quote]

This turned into an answer for both quotes.

Again who knows. I mean if it's in other areas too, I would suspect that any deaths/sickness would be attributed to the Parvo virus. They both kill the same way and very quickly, and when you add in that dogCV has only broke the Pig barrier, not a single vet would likely to think it wasn't Parvo. More to that case is that they are both treated the same way with decent success if it is treated VERY QUICKLY.

That last part was the main point of this thread. If your dog is vomiting often with bloody stool, do not wait until the morning, or even a few hours, take it to the emergency Vet at that moment since there is 0% of survival without help since hemorrhagic gastroenteritis is very deadly and will die within about 48 hours. Even in the pig world not a lot is really known about it without tons of debate, so when you take into account how new it is to dogs and the other issue that you vaccinate against Parvo that has the same symptoms, it makes it impossible to tell.

I can only tell you what my wife and I decided to do. I should first note that they are basically our children, well completely our children, at our age and never having children we protect all of our animals with parent like care. Anyways, we decided that the best, and taking the littlest risk for their life, we are only allowing them in the backyard until more is known about the outbreak.

PS- Ignore the horrid grammar and sentences. I kept going back and adding more when I thought of something else I researched.

#10

atidere

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i have 5 dogs and its right where i live. my dogs stay inside the property/backyard unless we go for a walk. they're all healthy. scary shit.

#11

Fzero

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Update

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/09/10/state-probes-mysterious-dog-illness-killing-pets.html

Basically, it is the new circovirus that broke the pig barrier and is now affecting dogs. When I wrote the first article I was really hoping that it wouldn't be confirmed, since it will likely be years before new vaccines are even started. For those that don't know, it is from the parvo family. Actually I will add more a little later after I finish this movie, I just wanted to get this updated for everyone

Edit- I just started using Reddit a few days ago, so I hope I am not doing anything wrong but maybe Upvote it me to get more views

http://www.reddit.com/r/dogs/comments/1m4d5r/recent_dog_deaths_in_ohio_has_been_confirmed_to/

Update

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2013/09/10/state-probes-mysterious-dog-illness-killing-pets.html

Basically, it is the new circovirus that broke the pig barrier and is now affecting dogs. When I wrote the first article I was really hoping that it wouldn't be confirmed, since it will likely be years before new vaccines are even started. For those that don't know, it is from the parvo family. Actually I will add more a little later after I finish this movie, I just wanted to get this updated for everyone

Edit- I just started using Reddit a few days ago, so I hope I am not doing anything wrong but maybe Upvote it me to get more views

http://www.reddit.com/r/dogs/comments/1m4d5r/recent_dog_deaths_in_ohio_has_been_confirmed_to/