Sentences with phrase «dogs produce virus»
Coughing dogs produce virus - containing mists that can travel 20 feet or more in the air, facilitating virus dissemination over distances.
http://www.humanesocietyofpinellas.org/ Not exact matches
Some act as guard dogs that raise the alarm when they detect invading viruses; others kill virus - infected cells directly, or help B cells to produce antibodies.
Most adult dogs with healthy immune systems can produce antibodies that can fight the virus.
Canine distemper virus infects various tissues in the dog's body, producing diarrhea, fever, nasal and ocular discharge, respiratory disease, appetite loss and neurologic signs such as muscular spasms and paralysis.
The North American veterinary schools are changing their protocols for vaccinating dogs and cats to reflect the finding that a modified live virus vaccine given after six months of age produces immunity for the life of the pet.
The virus is usually spread through a dog's cough, which produces an invisible virus - containing mist that can travel more than 20 feet in the air, rapidly spreading over long distances.
However, FIP virus is similar to a common virus of dogs — canine coronavirus, which produces enteritis in dogs.
If it can be ascertained that the manifestations you see in your dog are caused by a virus or another microorganism that can produce such an infection, then it is safe to say that it is common cold in dogs.
The virus - neutralizing antibody produced by the tenth to twentieth day protect the dog from reinfection for years and sometimes for life.
As the disease progresses through days six to eight, dogs that are destined to recover produce a strong antibody responses that neutralize the virus.
Because the virus attacks the cells that produce immunity (T and B - lymphocytes) dogs are always immuno - suppressed early in the disease.
Most commonly, the distemper virus is transmitted by airborne respiratory secretions (such as those produced by coughing) of infected dogs.
The vaccine works by stimulating the immune system to produce antibodies, so if a dog is ever exposed to the real virus, its body will be prepared to fight it off.
The antibodies that are produced will protect your dog from becoming sick if he comes into contact with a real, live strain of the same virus.
Canarypox virus, which should not cause disease in dogs, is altered so that it produces the portions of the canine distemper virus that allow immunity to develop.
Lymphocytes are important to the dog's immune system as they are a type of white blood cell that can produce antibodies that attack foreign matter, such as invading bacteria, viruses, and toxins associated with kennel cough virus (27).
Coughing dogs produce invisible virus containing mists that travel more than 10 feet in the air, facilitating rapid spread of virus over distances.