A question for ya?

[becksten]

Dont know the best place for this post, but.....Can dogs, get Equine flu? A very good friend of mine that lives in london owns racing Greyhounds, and he's said that they have caught the equine flu virus?

 

[Keltic]

No..... someone rang work the other day and asked this i checked with the vet and she said no

 

[becksten]

He is adamant that they have got equine flu. the 'top ets in uk' have diagnosed the dogs with it. And they are suffering from internal bleeding????? Apparently they have caught it from feed bowls?

 

[Keltic]

no sorry dont think its equine flu?? are the dogs vaccinated?

 

[becksten]

Yea they are

 

[Eceni]

TBH, I think this would be plastered all over the news and especially the veterinary papers if we had species - species transfer, because that's everyone biggest fear.

I'll tell you if it's in the Vet Rec, but not so far that I've noticed

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[Keltic]

yes thats what my boss said its not possible for a horse to transfer to dog or vice a versa..... would be huge news if it did

 

[Eceni]

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yes thats what my boss said its not possible for a horse to transfer to dog or vice a versa..... would be huge news if it did

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Exactly - it's not that it's impossible, just that it hasn't happened yet and we'll all be very, very scared if it does....

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[tiggs]

This article from Cornell university says it is possible.
http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Sept05/Dog_Flu.kr.html

 

[Eceni]

yep

it's definitely possible.... just that I hadn't heard of it in this country before and we're all hoping it really, really doesn't happen - will check out with friends still in the profession to find out if there's word of it

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