[Dailydrool] flu

[Wendie L Prince]

Any of the FLA rescue folks of any breed will tell you it can be very bad!  
Most of the cases I have seen were hounds coming straight out of the shelter,  Miami-Dade dogs in particular seemed to always have it bad.  
We lost one hound, Rosie, pulled from Miami-Dade,  after a week, passed away in our home from this, even after being treated by the vet.    Then the whole house got infected with one old hound ending up in ICU at the vet for a full week.  Was lucky he came through as his went into pnuemonia.  We stayed on lock down for a few weeks.
During that time,  no one seemed to know exactly how to treat it well.  I think they are using a combo of doxycycline and pen-g  to battle it now.  
We have been seeing it down here for about 5 years now?  I think.   Started with the greyhound kennels at the tracks.   
I think I would be considering vacinations if mine were going to be out and about. 

wen
www.seniorhoundsabound.org


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