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U.P. vets see uptick in blastomycosis cases in 2022
by: John Truitt, Tor Thorne
Posted: Aug 24, 2022 / 12:42 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 24, 2022 / 12:57 PM EDT
NEGAUNEE, Mich. (WJMN) – Veterinary clinics across the Upper Peninsula are seeing an increase in dogs with blastomycosis, a fungal infection that can lead to serious respiratory problems, and even death if left untreated.
Blastomycosis is a naturally-occurring fungus that lives in wet, swampy soil. Veterinarian Dr. Cheryl Shevy of the Negaunee Animal Clinic says areas of the UP are certainly an ideal environment for this organism.
“It’s a fungal organism that lives in the soil,” Shevy said. “Usually in moist soil areas where there’s, like, a lot of leafiness. Swampy, riverbeds, river valleys, lakes, any of those areas.”
Dogs can become infected by simply walking on disturbed earth, or digging a hole...
U.P. vets see uptick in blastomycosis cases in 2022
by: John Truitt, Tor Thorne
Posted: Aug 24, 2022 / 12:42 PM EDT
Updated: Aug 24, 2022 / 12:57 PM EDT
NEGAUNEE, Mich. (WJMN) – Veterinary clinics across the Upper Peninsula are seeing an increase in dogs with blastomycosis, a fungal infection that can lead to serious respiratory problems, and even death if left untreated.
Blastomycosis is a naturally-occurring fungus that lives in wet, swampy soil. Veterinarian Dr. Cheryl Shevy of the Negaunee Animal Clinic says areas of the UP are certainly an ideal environment for this organism.
“It’s a fungal organism that lives in the soil,” Shevy said. “Usually in moist soil areas where there’s, like, a lot of leafiness. Swampy, riverbeds, river valleys, lakes, any of those areas.”
Dogs can become infected by simply walking on disturbed earth, or digging a hole...