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Old 09-08-2013, 03:23 AM   #1
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Default Canine Circovirus detected

I'd never heard of this virus before. It's been detected in California & Ohio so far. There is no vaccine for it at this time.

http://www.cleveland.com/healthfit/index.ssf/2013/09/new_virus_may_be_infecting_kil.html

Virus linked to illness that has sickened several Ohio dogs - Break News - Ohio
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This sounds awful! It's so scary when a "new" illness is discovered, and the fact that this is actually a porcine virus that has spread to dogs makes it even worse! Thanks for the info!
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Very scary. Thank you for sharing.
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Wow, this is scary . Thanks for posting this. I sure hope it can be contained and doesn't spread further.
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I hope I am allowed to post this because it has valuable information.
This is the lead article in Dogs Naturally Online magazine.

Circovirus: Why This Fatal Dog Virus Should Be Taken Seriously

http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com...9/sick-dog.jpgVets and pet owners in Ohio are on the watch for a new virus that can kill dogs in as little as 48 hours from the onset of symptoms. So far, three dogs in the Cincinnati area have died and several more have been affected. Their symptoms include bloody diarrhea and vomiting, extreme lethargy, neurological problems and a lack of appetite.
These symptoms are similar to a disease that killed several dogs in California in the spring and pathologists suspect the Ohio outbreaks are the same disease. Necropsy results from affected dogs in Ohio show the presence of the virus that
affected the dogs in California: circovirus.
A New Virus

http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com...O-PETS-014.jpgVasculitis

Circovirus is a novel virus from “a family of viruses that has not been known to cause disease in dogs prior to this year,” said Dr. Melanie Butera, a veterinarian and owner of Elm Ridge Animal Hospital in Canal Fulton, Ohio.
The affected dogs in California were affected with vasculitis, a skin condition, and research reports showed that the circovirus (called DogCV) was present and in some cases, seemed to appear as a co-infection with other pathogens.
This was the first time circovirus, a virus normally found only in pigs, had been shown to affect dogs.
Not a Novel Occurrence

Vets and experts are calling canine circovirus a novel virus, but the likely cause of this virus jumping species from pigs to dogs isn’t that novel at all. In fact, emerging viruses are becoming the biggest threat to our companion animals and ourselves. In the past 20 years, scientists have discovered around 30 new human diseases, at a staggering rate of one to two every year. And most of them, like the bird flu, are spread from animals to man.
There’s no doubt that scientists will soon be racing to formulate a vaccine to prevent canine circovirus. But the interesting twist is, like many other emerging and novel diseases, canine circovirus was likely caused by vaccination itself.
The human rotavirus vaccine, Rotarix, was suspended in the US. The cause? The vaccine was found to be contaminated with porcine circovirus, the very same virus they are now finding in dogs.
The discovery that Rotarix was contaminated was made by a team of scientists at an independent research lab in San Francisco, where they used new technology to detect small amounts of viral material in vaccines using genetic sequencing.
After the research team made their conclusions, they contacted GlaxoSmithKline, the manufacturers of Rotarix, who then contacted the FDA, who suspended the use of the vaccine.
Monkey, Pig and Cow Viruses in Vaccines

The contamination of the Rotarix vaccine is one in a long history of vaccine contamination issues that should force drug companies to question the use of animal cells and vaccines.
Vaccine manufacturers have been using animal cells for a number of years, including monkeys, cows, pigs, dogs, cats and rodents. Whenever animal cells are in vaccines, the potential exists for contamination with viruses that can be passed to the animal or person being vaccinated. These viruses, microbes and DNA from microbes can and do escape testing and make it into the final product.
In the case of Rotarix, porcine circovirus was contained in the vaccine because porcine trypsin, an enzyme in the pancreatic juice of a pig, was used to make the seed stock for the vaccine. 1

If porcine circovirus can be found in human vaccines, it’s a good indication that it’s also in animal vaccines, where testing and safety standards are lower.
SV40: The Mother Of All Vaccine Contaminations

Canine circovirus isn’t the only contamination risk in vaccines.
“Contamination of vaccines with animal viruses is not new” says vaccine researcher, Barbara Loe Fisher, president of the National Vaccine Information Center. “In the 20th century, polio vaccines given to tens of millions of people worldwide were contaminated with simian virus 40 (SV40), which was found to cause cancer in animals and is associated with human brain, bone and lung cancers but the government denies SV40 is causing those cancers in humans.” 2 3 4 5
“There has been controversy about the link between experimental polio vaccines tested in Africa in the 1950’s and 1960’s that were contaminated with a monkey virus, simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV). Soon after the polio vaccine trials in Africa, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) emerged. 6 Many questions about the failure of researchers and technology to screen for monkey viruses in those vaccines remain to this day.”
“Sixty credible labs are still finding SV40 in the biopsies of human cancers, even today” says Patricia Jordan DVM. “Decades ago, congress ordered Merck to remove the SV40 contamination virus out of their vaccines. But the problem is they can’t!”
“There are lots of questions about how the manufacturer of Rotarix vaccine and the FDA both missed the pig virus DNA contaminating the original seed stock and all doses of Rotarix vaccine given to more than one million American children in the past few years” says Loe Fisher.
Parvovirus: A History Lesson

Canine parvovirus is very similar to the long known feline panleukopenia virus (FPV). Soon after its first appearance in the late 1970′s, parvo was classified as a mutation of FPV – in fact, the first vaccines used against parvo were FPV vaccines. Prior to the parvovirus outbreak, the only widely used vaccine for dogs was distemper. At some point, cats’ kidneys were used to develop the distemper vaccine and this was shipped around the world and injected into dogs. Did canine parvovirus evolve because the distemper vaccine was cultured on cat kidney cells that were infected with FPV?
A Wake Up Call

It’s alarming that independent research labs are finding contamination, but not the drug companies and the FDA. More alarming is the fact that when the lab in San Francisco found the porcine circovirus in the Rotarix vaccine, they contacted the vaccine manufacturer, not the FDA!
Vaccination is fraught with issues, not the least of which is contamination. The frightening growth of novel, emerging diseases isn’t likely to stop with the steadily increasing number of vaccines our dogs are subjected to. Any vaccine, given to any dog, has the potential to harbor harmful contaminants, not to mention their innate ability to cause autoimmune disease. It’s important to note that more than two thirds of the dogs infected with circovirus in California also had a co-infection with other diseases.
To reduce your dog’s risk of circovirus and other diseases, it’s important to protect his immune system. This means feeding fresh, whole foods and refraining from chemicals, pesticides, toxins and drugs whenever possible. This also means vaccinating only if necessary – and in most cases, routine vaccines aren’t necessary.
For more information on limiting vaccination, read What Every Vet And Pet Owner Should Know About Vaccines.
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Truth about Pet Food ?

A deadly virus is sickening and killing dogs-confirmed in two states thus far. Here is what we know and what to watch for.
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Truth about Pet Food ?

A deadly virus is sickening and killing dogs-confirmed in two states thus far. Here is what we know and what to watch for.

http://www.truthaboutpetfood2.com

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Old 09-10-2013, 09:39 AM   #8
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Great!! Keeping Peanut in the house until they give us more info!!

I found the other case was in UC Davis.

Pet Health: Rare dog virus found in 2 states…Ohio, Calif. - Tucson Tails

My bad, UC Davis is where they sent the samples..


I really want to know where they found this virus.
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Scarey are they saying it's linked to vaccines? Vasculitis is...
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Peanut is due for his Rabies, I don't think I'm going to get it now.
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I found this comment:

Please look into this, about the NEW canine virus. I’m guessing it came from a vaccine. This is a pig virus, that shouldn’t have spread to dogs. There ARE vaccines, that have pig DNA in them. Boarding facilities will NOT allow pets, unless they have been vaccinated.

I truly believe this is a case of contaminated vaccines and they (vets, FDA, etc), are already aware of this.

Contaminated vaccines, is not new! Humans & pets alike are getting contaminated vaccines. Please do what you can to help the public, about this.

This link, has some VERY interesting FACTS, about these vaccines!!!!!!

Circovirus: Why This Fatal Dog Virus Should Be Taken Seriously | Dogs Naturally Magazine

I’m praying for the families of the sick dogs and that there is a way to protect the rest of our animals from this virus.
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My yorkie, shorkie and my granddog have had something within the last 2 months with these same symptoms. My granddog has not visited in about 4 months. Very strange. And I am in NC. Thank goodness, they have pulled through. The vet said it is a viral infection that can be passed from dog to dog. It absolutely scared me to death when I saw blood coming out their rectum. I have one other shi-poo that has not gotten it. Fingers crossed.
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Just read Lovespandp's reply- all of my dogs had their vaccines about 3 months ago.
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I don't like the sound of this, hopefully it they find a way to put a stop to it before it spreads too far. I really hope it doesn't show up in Idaho!
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