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Highly Infectious ‘Canine Cough’ Disease Spreading Around South Florida
By CBSMiami.com Team
April 6, 2022 at 5:55 pm
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A highly infectious disease is spreading among dogs in South Florida.
“It’s like the canine flu, a canine cold,” said Dr. Maria Serrano.
It’s officially called canine infectious respiratory disease complex, but it’s often referred to as canine cough or kennel cough.
“The big thing that we will see is kind of a cough, a dry, productive cough, where it sounds as though they’re trying to hack something up,” said Dr. Christine Klippen, a veterinarian at Friendship Hospital for Animals.
Veterinarians say symptoms include coughing, sneezing, discharge from the nose and eyes, and difficulty breathing.
The virus spreads when dogs are in close contact through droplets in the air...
Highly Infectious ‘Canine Cough’ Disease Spreading Around South Florida
By CBSMiami.com Team
April 6, 2022 at 5:55 pm
MIAMI (CBSMiami) – A highly infectious disease is spreading among dogs in South Florida.
“It’s like the canine flu, a canine cold,” said Dr. Maria Serrano.
It’s officially called canine infectious respiratory disease complex, but it’s often referred to as canine cough or kennel cough.
“The big thing that we will see is kind of a cough, a dry, productive cough, where it sounds as though they’re trying to hack something up,” said Dr. Christine Klippen, a veterinarian at Friendship Hospital for Animals.
Veterinarians say symptoms include coughing, sneezing, discharge from the nose and eyes, and difficulty breathing.
The virus spreads when dogs are in close contact through droplets in the air...