New illness springing up in Ohio

corbinam said:
They even had it on the local news over the weekend. Basically bloody diarrhea or vomiting, get your dog to a vet ASAP.
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Hi Corbinam and all,
yes I saw this story on local ABC channel and even posted on Facebook. :cry: Until it became really hot Sandi was taken to the dog park by my hubby every day, and often 2x a day. Now it makes me worried about all these dog stories. The one ABC showed about was about the dog that died from a mysterious illness. From what I heard this is not really a "mysterious" illness. It's a bad bacteria that could be treated if a dog were taken to the doctor asap. If taken to the vet she/he would likely to survive.

A bacteria perhaps floats around due to hot weather. I try not to panic and take Sandi to the park when cooler weather sets in but I am going to watch her like a hawk, and God Forbid she shows any symptoms we will take her to the doc right away.
 
Hmm... during the hotter months here I always hear of a few dogs having blood in their stools (sometimes accompanied by vomiting), and when I ask the owners if it was dietary indiscretion, they tell me it's not. I'd never thought much about it (and neither did they frankly). These dogs get taken to the vet and seem fine after. I wonder if there is any connection.

I do hope they figure out what it is over there. Stay safe everyone!!!
 
romeosangiovese said:
Hmm... during the hotter months here I always hear of a few dogs having blood in their stools (sometimes accompanied by vomiting), and when I ask the owners if it was dietary indiscretion, they tell me it's not. I'd never thought much about it (and neither did they frankly). These dogs get taken to the vet and seem fine after. I wonder if there is any connection.

I do hope they figure out what it is over there. Stay safe everyone!!!
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Romeosangiovese, that is my theory about the hot weather. Because these illness cases sprang up right at this time.
 
Sandi'sMom said:
Hi Corbinam and all,
yes I saw this story on local ABC channel and even posted on Facebook. :cry: Until it became really hot Sandi was taken to the dog park by my hubby every day, and often 2x a day. Now it makes me worried about all these dog stories. The one ABC showed about was about the dog that died from a mysterious illness. From what I heard this is not really a "mysterious" illness. It's a bad bacteria that could be treated if a dog were taken to the doctor asap. If taken to the vet she/he would likely to survive.

A bacteria perhaps floats around due to hot weather. I try not to panic and take Sandi to the park when cooler weather sets in but I am going to watch her like a hawk, and God Forbid she shows any symptoms we will take her to the doc right away.
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The pathogen in question is circovirus, which is a type of virus, not bacteria. Completely different type of pathogen with a completely different treatment process.

Good resource article: http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=28696
 
Sandi'sMom said:
Thank you for the important info, Celloyogi.
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No problem. As soon as I read the article, I was on the horn to my own vet to ask whether they'd seen anything like it around here. Call me waaaay too proactive. Fortunately nobody has seen anything here (yet and hopefully never).:hide
 
celloyogi said:
The pathogen in question is circovirus, which is a type of virus, not bacteria. Completely different type of pathogen with a completely different treatment process.

Good resource article: http://news.vin.com/VINNews.aspx?articleId=28696
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Thank you for the 411. Any of our vets weighing in on the 'what if's?' Seems like a big what if too.

We don't let our pups go on walks, we have a big yard. Being so close to the shore we used to have fun with them there also but after the shore water near the beach was tested positive for many bad bacteria by some sloppy habits of bathers, we decided to stop the walks there with them altogether.

Be safe, be well,

Hugs,
Kate
 
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