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Case of dog flu in Houston area raises concern for pet owners
Updated 2 hrs 22 mins ago
BAYTOWN, TX (KTRK) --
Local veterinarian offices are being warned to be on the lookout for canine influenza. Dogs can get the flu and it can be deadly and there's serious concern about an outbreak spreading.
The outbreak is raging in the Chicago area, but for the first time, a dog with the potentially deadly strain of flu has been found in Texas, in fact, right outside Houston.
The dog park is the perfect place for your furry friend to get some exercise and socialize; it is also a place they could pick up the H3N2 canine influenza virus.
"I'd be very worried if my dogs came down with the symptoms," said Jessica Fleischmann.
Jessica is a vet tech student. She has heard about H3N2 because of the ongoing outbreak in the Chicago area where it has sickened more than a thousand dogs and killed a half dozen.
Now, for the first time, the virus is in Texas. A dog near Baytown tested positive for H3N2 after its owners moved to Beach City from Chicago...
Case of dog flu in Houston area raises concern for pet owners
Updated 2 hrs 22 mins ago
BAYTOWN, TX (KTRK) --
Local veterinarian offices are being warned to be on the lookout for canine influenza. Dogs can get the flu and it can be deadly and there's serious concern about an outbreak spreading.
The outbreak is raging in the Chicago area, but for the first time, a dog with the potentially deadly strain of flu has been found in Texas, in fact, right outside Houston.
The dog park is the perfect place for your furry friend to get some exercise and socialize; it is also a place they could pick up the H3N2 canine influenza virus.
"I'd be very worried if my dogs came down with the symptoms," said Jessica Fleischmann.
Jessica is a vet tech student. She has heard about H3N2 because of the ongoing outbreak in the Chicago area where it has sickened more than a thousand dogs and killed a half dozen.
Now, for the first time, the virus is in Texas. A dog near Baytown tested positive for H3N2 after its owners moved to Beach City from Chicago...