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Fungal disease ravaging Minnesota dogs at record pace this year
John Myers / Forum News Service 1 hr ago
DULUTH ? Cases of a serious and sometimes fatal fungal disease in Minnesota dogs are off the charts so far in 2019 as blastomycosis spreads in a wetter, warmer climate.
So far in 2019 there have been 170 cases of blastomycosis in dogs reported to state health officials, up nearly 50% from last year at this time and already topping the previous record of 155 set in all of 2017.
Exposure to the fungus starts in the spring, with reports peaking in October and slowing after snow falls.
?It?s already the most cases we?ve ever had, and we still have a few months to go. We usually get our most reports during September, October and November,? said Malia Ireland, a veterinarian and epidemiologist for the Minnesota Department of Health who keeps track of the disease in the state.
State health officials reported earlier this month that blasto cases are way up in humans this summer as well. Most blasto exposure for Minnesota dogs and people appears to come from northern counties...
Fungal disease ravaging Minnesota dogs at record pace this year
John Myers / Forum News Service 1 hr ago
DULUTH ? Cases of a serious and sometimes fatal fungal disease in Minnesota dogs are off the charts so far in 2019 as blastomycosis spreads in a wetter, warmer climate.
So far in 2019 there have been 170 cases of blastomycosis in dogs reported to state health officials, up nearly 50% from last year at this time and already topping the previous record of 155 set in all of 2017.
Exposure to the fungus starts in the spring, with reports peaking in October and slowing after snow falls.
?It?s already the most cases we?ve ever had, and we still have a few months to go. We usually get our most reports during September, October and November,? said Malia Ireland, a veterinarian and epidemiologist for the Minnesota Department of Health who keeps track of the disease in the state.
State health officials reported earlier this month that blasto cases are way up in humans this summer as well. Most blasto exposure for Minnesota dogs and people appears to come from northern counties...