[News] A New Deadly, Contagious Dog Flu Virus Is Detected in 7 States

[pixiebaby]

Hi, What is HGE. Yes. I took her to the vet and I even took a "sample" in a plastic bag. He said it could be from a type of bone I was giving her that was red inside and to stop. I did and have been very careful with what she eats, and She still does it about once a week. Like I said, it looks like chopped beets and grass and always runny. Here in Kauai, we have only two vets. I think I will try the other one. I am afraid she might be really sick.
My name is Carole. Thank you

[lexi'smom]

wow
thank you for all the info
everyone stay safe

[Yorkie Mum]

I do not know ,how you figure this a hoax as it is being talked about at vet clinics with some concern as well as on the news way but here in Canada.
Maybe more research is needed another site to cross refrence but best not
just ingore it yet.

Just a thought. As I know it being posted at other groups with other links.
As I am not able to snag will not.

Joy

[Patti]

I have had Cali for 8 weeks and she still has a cough which just got a little worse the last couple of days. My 8 year old pom is also coughing. I have had Cali to the vet for this 3 times and she has had 3 series of an antibiotic. It just seems that it will never go away. I am taking her back to the vet today to check her lungs and temp. This has me so worried since she only weighs 2.2 lbs and she is 4 months old.
She also was reexposed about 6 days ago to a puppy who just came from a pet shop and was coughing before i could get her away from the person at the store.
I will keep you posted.
Thanks

[Patti]

I just returned with Cali form the vet: no fever , lungs clear and they gave me antibiotics for Cali, a different one and one for my pom.
Hope it works. The vet said that the new flu strain has not been detected in Illinois yet as far as he knows but I am going to keep a close watch on her.
Thanks

[N-Lites]

Here is a site about it... you might want to add it to your favorites as the numbers go up so you can see what is going on in your state.

http://www.diaglab.vet.cornell.edu/issues/civ-stat.asp

[Winston]

I am sorry to hear about the cough. Could this be kennal cough?
I am a new Yorkie owner (mom). Winston is only 10 weeks old at this point. He now weights about 1poud 2 ounces. The breeder warned me about kennal cough explaining that even going to the groomer could cause this..
Of course i wouldn't even have a clue at this earlystage of the game.
I do hope and pray your wee baby comes along just great.
Heather S

[Patti]

Heather,
Thanks for the concern. Cali weighed about the same at 10 weeks. She still has the cough and my pom also has it ever since I got Cali both have been on antibiotics and both are still coughing. Vetsays it is not a collapsed trachea but we can' t seem to skahe the coughs. Both are acting normal otherwise.Thanks patti

[jakeepaper]

Originally Posted by pixiebaby

Hi, What is HGE. Yes. I took her to the vet and I even took a "sample" in a plastic bag. He said it could be from a type of bone I was giving her that was red inside and to stop. I did and have been very careful with what she eats, and She still does it about once a week. Like I said, it looks like chopped beets and grass and always runny. Here in Kauai, we have only two vets. I think I will try the other one. I am afraid she might be really sick.
My name is Carole. Thank you

HGE / HEMORRHAGIC GASTROENTERITIS

PLEASE....go read this : http://www.yorkieviews.com/hge.htm

And then get your baby to the vet as soon as possible.3 weeks ago I had first one Yorkie with the same thing and when we went to the vet first thing she said was "you know he could die from this".....Was totally panicked. They get so dehydrated. Thankfully the treated the syptoms and he recovered in the doggie hospital. Second dog came down with it 2 days later. He also had to be hospitalized and the symptoms treated. They are both fine now.

[N-Lites]

As far as the HGE / HEMORRHAGIC GASTROENTERITIS... it says that Recurrences are possible, but they are not common.

I had a yorkie that had this... I caught it at a very early stage... it was very easy to treat for me because I caught it at a very early stage. No staying in the vet etc... but did need medications... I was just lucky as the first sign of the bloody diarrhea I got my dog right in. When I say bloody diarrhea I mean bloody.

It says recurrences are possible, but they are not common. I can tell you from my past experience it does come back again. It is not as bad as the first time in my case but it does.. and it has came back more than once.

I have medicine at hand all of the time for when I see the first signs of it. If my dog doesn't eat I know it will happen again. I have never been wrong so far here.... once I see his attitude and not wanting to eat then I know I must start the medication right away. I hate to say this but from what I have learned from this dog getting this is it looks like it is a life long thing now.

I would say my dog gets it maybe three times a year. Sorry if I scare you with this but I thought you should know.

I am surprised jakeepaper that a second dog came down with it as when my dog did this no other dog ever had the same problem.

[d4nimal]

Believe it or not, I work at the UF vet school mentioned in the article and know who Cynda Crawford is. We were all just in a seminar on emerging zoonotic diseases yesterday. What a coincidence I joined the forum today and happened to run across this post. I work specifically with Avian Influenza, but I'm sorta surprised I haven't heard anything about the H3N8, considering everyone in my lab has a dog.

To make the vaccine, what I believe they would be doing is taking the H3 (hemagglutinin) and N8 (neuraminidase) genes from the virus and recombining those segments with another nonpathogenic type of influenza. That is what they did for the H5N1 Avian Flu vaccine that is being tested right now.

I'm gonna talk to some people at lab tomorrow and see if they know anything about it. I'll let you know if I find out anything.

[HisNameIsHarley]

Originally Posted by d4nimal

Believe it or not, I work at the UF vet school mentioned in the article and know who Cynda Crawford is. We were all just in a seminar on emerging zoonotic diseases yesterday. What a coincidence I joined the forum today and happened to run across this post. I work specifically with Avian Influenza, but I'm sorta surprised I haven't heard anything about the H3N8, considering everyone in my lab has a dog.

To make the vaccine, what I believe they would be doing is taking the H3 (hemagglutinin) and N8 (neuraminidase) genes from the virus and recombining those segments with another nonpathogenic type of influenza. That is what they did for the H5N1 Avian Flu vaccine that is being tested right now.

I'm gonna talk to some people at lab tomorrow and see if they know anything about it. I'll let you know if I find out anything.

Wow, YT has connections! Welcome to YT! Thanks for keeping us up to date..

[d4nimal]

So I talked to my boss today about it, and he believes there is no vaccine in development at this time. The CDC is working with Cynda Crawford at UF and some people (I believe at Cornell) to monitor the disease clinically. He told me that until it seems to be a great threat there will be not much interest in making a vaccine because pharmaceutical companies would not be able to make money off of developing and producing it. Creating it would not really be a problem at all (they already have an H3N8 vaccine for horses), but the demand and the funding is most likely just not there right now.

Everyone in my research lab has heard about the virus (there was a seminar on it last year before I started working at the vet school), and they are not really concerned with it. I would not be, either, if I were you. It apparently is treatable with Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) and ...that other thingy (thats the technical name), and is a relatively rare problem. Plus, now that you know the symptoms of the flu, you will be more alert to its warning signs in case somehow it ever reaches your yorkies. I am positive that you are all very good parents, so at this juncture I would maintain your level of concernedness at "informed, but not freaking out" stage.

ps-if you want to read a really really dry and sleep-inducing paper on it, I can direct you to an online journal published in Science about it. I read it. I would not if I were you. Unless you were planning on taking a nap anyways

[HisNameIsHarley]

Originally Posted by d4nimal

So I talked to my boss today about it, and he believes there is no vaccine in development at this time. The CDC is working with Cynda Crawford at UF and some people (I believe at Cornell) to monitor the disease clinically. He told me that until it seems to be a great threat there will be not much interest in making a vaccine because pharmaceutical companies would not be able to make money off of developing and producing it. Creating it would not really be a problem at all (they already have an H3N8 vaccine for horses), but the demand and the funding is most likely just not there right now.

Everyone in my research lab has heard about the virus (there was a seminar on it last year before I started working at the vet school), and they are not really concerned with it. I would not be, either, if I were you. It apparently is treatable with Tamiflu (Oseltamivir) and ...that other thingy (thats the technical name), and is a relatively rare problem. Plus, now that you know the symptoms of the flu, you will be more alert to its warning signs in case somehow it ever reaches your yorkies. I am positive that you are all very good parents, so at this juncture I would maintain your level of concernedness at "informed, but not freaking out" stage.

ps-if you want to read a really really dry and sleep-inducing paper on it, I can direct you to an online journal published in Science about it. I read it. I would not if I were you. Unless you were planning on taking a nap anyways

hahaha thanks for the info.. I really hope everyone is right that the flu will not become a big/bigger problem..

[prof-you]

I live in Japan and I always watch and enjoy news or talking on this site. But, this time, I found bad news on it. I also have a yorkie girl. I hope we could beat the flu soon.
My yorkie, howry is in her first kimono, for the coming New Year![QUOTE=fasteddie][Originally found by NewYorkieMa&Pa]