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.