elaine | March 11, 2010
It is starting to warm up and that means dogs and there owners will be out more and wildlife will be out too. It is important to make sure your pet is vaccinated and in order to promote public health and animal welfare the Cascade Volunteer Fire Department will be holding its Annual Vaccination Clinic [...]
elaine | December 2, 2009
Some dogs now have confirmed H1N1. The two dogs were diagnosed by the China Agricultural University at the end of November. We knew it would happen, after all, swine flu has been found in many mammals including cats, ferrets, pigs, and of course, people. I posted a story about this when it first crossed over into [...]
elaine | November 5, 2009
While it appears to be rare, it can happen. The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine confirmed that a 13-year-old cat whose owners had experienced flu-like symptoms contracted H1N1 (swine) flu.
”This may be the first instance where we have documentation that transmission occurred involving cats or dogs,” [...]
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