When droplets containing the virus or bacteria responsible for kennel cough are expelled into
the air by an infected dog's cough, they are transmitted to other dogs via inhaled air.
Not exact matches
As with most flu viruses, it is spread
by air or close contact with an
infected dog.
Kennel cough is caused
by both bacterial and viral agents that spread through the
air when an
infected dog coughs or sneezes.
Dog Flu can be spread by direct contact with respiratory discharge from infected dogs, through the air via a cough or sneeze, and by contact with contaminated objects such as dog bowls and clothing, or by people moving between infected and uninfected do
Dog Flu can be spread
by direct contact with respiratory discharge from
infected dogs, through the
air via a cough or sneeze, and
by contact with contaminated objects such as
dog bowls and clothing, or by people moving between infected and uninfected do
dog bowls and clothing, or
by people moving between
infected and uninfected
dogs.
Clinical signs of both strains of CIV in
dogs include coughing, fever, lethargy and interstitial pneumonia, 3 and can be spread
by direct contact with respiratory discharge from
infected dogs, through the
air via a cough or sneeze and
by contact with contaminated objects, such as
dog bowls and clothing or
by people moving between
infected and uninfected
dogs.2 The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) notes there is no evidence of transmission of the virus from
dogs to people.
Susceptible
dogs can pick it up from direct contact with the urine, blood, saliva, food and water of
infected dogs, or
by breathing
air containing droplets coughed or sneezed from
infected dogs.