This latest bug, identified as a strain of
H3N2 dog flu virus, is closely related to strains that affect dogs in southern China and South Korea, according to Cornell University.
In the U.S., the outbreak of
the H3N2 dog flu virus was first found in Chicago last year.
Not exact matches
According to information provided by Cornell, the symptoms of the
H3N2 dog flu can be more severe than the original
virus.
Although
H3N2 viruses have been reported to infect cats,
dog flu is primarily a disease of
dogs.
The
H3N2 canine influenza
virus was an avian
flu virus that adapted to infect
dogs.
H3N2 is an avian
flu virus that has also adapted to infect
dogs.
At each
dog meat farm closure, HSI has a veterinarian test for the presence of the
H3N2, or
dog flu,
virus at the time the
dogs receive their rabies, DHPP, and corona
virus vaccines.
What is true is that the
H3N2 strain of
dog flu (canine influenza
virus) was positively identified at the Chicago Ridge facility by a diagnostic lab last week.
The
dog flu, or Canine Influenza
Virus (CIV H3N2 or H3N8), is a highly contagious infection caused by an influenza virus and is transmitted by aerosolized respiratory secretions — think coughing and snee
Virus (CIV
H3N2 or H3N8), is a highly contagious infection caused by an influenza
virus and is transmitted by aerosolized respiratory secretions — think coughing and snee
virus and is transmitted by aerosolized respiratory secretions — think coughing and sneezing.
Dog flu — or canine influenza — is an infection caused by one of two
virus strains:
H3N2 and H3N8.
It is thus, very important to isolate our
dogs for at least 3 weeks or 21 days especially if they are suspected of harboring the
H3N2 type of
dog flu virus.
Canine influenza, or
dog flu, is caused by infection with the H3N8 or
H3N2 strains of influenza
virus Symptoms include coughing, sneezing, fever, loss of appetite, weakness and general discomfort.
We are strongly recommending to vaccinate against Canine
Flu for all
dogs: Canine Influenza
Virus H3N2 / H3N8 (CIV).
There are two different influenza A
dog flu viruses: one is an H3N8
virus and the other is an
H3N2 virus.
Although
H3N2 viruses have been reported to infect cats,
dog flu is a disease of
dogs.
The
H3N2 canine influenza
virus is an avian
flu virus that adapted to infect
dogs.
The so - called Chicago
dog flu has nothing to do with Chicago, except that this strain, called
H3N2, began in Chicago (in the U.S.) and is now living in the environment (it's endemic in the Windy City), but
dog flu, also known as canine influenza
virus (CIV), is all over the country.
• Rabies (both
dogs and cats) • Parvo
Virus (
dogs) • Para-Influenza (
dogs) • Distemper (both
dogs and cats) • Hepatitis (
dogs) • Leptosirisos (
dogs) • Respiratory Bordetella (
dogs) • Both Canine Influenzas — American
Dog Flu, H3N8 and Korean
Dog Flu H3N2 • Feline Leukemia (cats)
At each
dog meat farm closure, HSI has a veterinarian test for the presence of the
H3N2, or
dog flu,
virus at the time the
dogs receive their rabies, DHPP, and coronavirus vaccines.
Currently, a canine
flu vaccine does exist for
dogs, but it's effectiveness against the
H3N2 virus is not yet proven.
Dog flu or canine influenza
virus H3N2 strain arrived likely in Chicago in 2015 and began to sicken
dogs.