Mystery Dog Illness: The symptoms and what to do if your dog shows signs

9 DOT TV DOGS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE REPORTEDLY COMING DOWN WITH AN UNUSUAL RESPIRATORY ILLNESS MORE THAN A DOZEN STATES HAVE CONFIRMED CASES BUT NO ONE KNOWS EXACTLY WHAT IS CAUSING THIS TO DISCUSS WHAT VETS DO NOW ABOUT WHAT PARENTS OF PETS NEED TO KNOW WE'RE LIVE HERE WITH LOCAL VETERINARIAN DOCTOR ANGIE ZINC A >> WHO'S THEIR LITTLE FRIEND HERE THAT I'M GOING TO KIDNAP HAHA THIS IS YOGI MY DOG ALSO IF YOUR DOG RUNOFF YOU DROP ME FOR A NUGGET HAHA CHICKEN ALL RIGHT SO TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS MYSTERY MYSTERIOUS ILLNESS YES THE BIGGEST THING I HAVE TO SAY IS DO NOT PANIC IS KIND OF THE ONLY THING I CAN COMPARE IT TO IS WHEN COVID CAME OUT >> WE DIDN'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT THE DISEASE AND SO YOU KNOW EXTREME PANIC WHEN OVER EVERYWHERE THE THINGS WE KNOW ABOUT THIS ARE ONE OF 3 THINGS IT'S EITHER A NEW ILLNESS IT'S EITHER A COMBINATION OF CANINE RESPIRATORY ILLNESS OR IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BASICALLY HEIGHTENED BECAUSE A LOT OF DOGS HISTORICALLY IN THE PAST FEW YEARS HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE VACCINES THEY'VE NEEDED >> IS THIS I'M AT HOW IS IT AFFECTING THEM SPECIFICALLY SO A LOT OF DOGS PRESENT WITH A DEEP HARSH COUGH OK AND IMMEDIATELY PEOPLE THINK OH AND VETERINARIANS THINK IT'S KIND COUGH >> THE PROBLEM IS KENNEL COUGH IS A MISNOMER SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO BE IN A KENNEL SO BASICALLY YOU CAN HAVE 2 DOGS THAT ARE AT A PARK AND WITHIN 10 FEET EACH OTHER AND TRANSMIT THE DISEASE SO THE KENNEL COUGH LIKE I SAID IS A MISNOMER NOW DOGS ARE UNIQUE IN THE FACT THAT WHEN WE'RE WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO ISOLATE WHATEVER IT IS IT'S NOT COMING UP THE TYPICAL PATHOGENS THAT ARE SEEN IN KENNEL COUGH THERE'S A BACTERIAL AND VIRAL COMPONENT AND SO WHAT'S HAPPENING IS THE MEDICATIONS WE TYPICALLY USE AND BOX WE USE FOR KENNEL COUGH THEY RESPONDING TO THEM A LOT OF DOGS WILL ALL OF US AND DEVELOP PNEUMONIA OCULAR DISCHARGE AND SO IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE YOU KNOW THERE'S ONE SET OF PEOPLE WHO SAY OH MY GOSH THIS IS A VIRUS IS ANOTHER SET THAT SAYS IS A BACTERIA IT'S A VIRUS IS A FACTOR WE JUST DON'T KNOW A LOT BUT YEAH YEAH AND ARE CERTAIN BREEDS MORE PRONE TO THIS YES OUR KNOWS BREEDS ARE MORE PRONE TO IT BECAUSE IF THEY DEVELOP PNEUMONIA THEN THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE DIFFICULTY BREATHING ARE THEY PASSING AWAY ARE THERE THERE ARE A FEW CASES AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK THE SHOT COMES BECAUSE A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE FEARING OH MY GOD MY DOG'S GOING TO PASS AWAY BUT THE IMPORTANT THING TO REMEMBER IF YOU NOTICE ANY OF THE SYMPTOMS TO GO SEE YOUR VETERINARIAN IMMEDIATELY ALL RIGHT OF COURSE THINK ABOUT THIS IT'S THE HOLIDAYS SO SOME PEOPLE MAY BE GOING ON VACATION AND THEY'RE THINKING OF BOARDING THEIR FURRY FRIENDS AND SO I WONDER >> WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON BOARDING RIGHT NOW AS MUCH AS I HATE THIS FOR BOARDING FACILITY USED TO SAY OR GROOMING FACILITIES IT'S BEST TO THE MORE DOGS YOU HAVE AREA THE MORE LIKELIHOOD YOU HAVE FOR RESPIRATORY DISEASE AND SO MAYBE HAVING A HOUSE SITTER COME EVEN DURING THE HOLIDAYS LIKE I SAID THE DISEASES ARE VERY CONTAGIOUS AND IF IT'S JUST AN UPPER RESPIRATORY WELL THOSE THOSE CAN TAKE THEM DOWN PRETTY QUICKLY AS OK AND SO HOW WIDESPREAD IS THIS LET'S TALK ABOUT HAS IT ACTUALLY ARRIVED IN THE GREATER MEMPHIS AREA THAT'S A TENNESSEE MISSISSIPPI ARKANSAS ARE YOU HEARING ABOUT CASES IN THIS AREA WE'RE I THINK THE CLOSEST IS PROBABLY GEORGE OR FLORIDA HOWEVER I WILL SAY IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS TALKED TO SOME OF MY AT MY GENERAL PRACTICE AS WELL AS AT THE EMERGENCY CENTERS AND WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN KAY IN CANINE UPPER RESPIRATORY DISEASES SO WE'RE SEEING DOGS THAT ARE MAYBE HAVE WHAT WE CALL KENNEL AND THEY'RE RESPONDING TO IN A BOX LIKE THEY NORMALLY WOULD WITHIN A WEEK IT'S MIGHT BE A COUPLE WEEKS AGAIN I DON'T WANT TO ELICIT FEAR BUT AT THE SAME TIME I WANT PEOPLE TO BE CAUTIOUS OK AND SO USUALLY WE TEND TO GET WHAT HAPPENS IN NEIGHBORING STATES SO WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND FOLLOW WHAT'S HAPPENING >> CORRECT I MEAN THE BIGGEST PLACES RIGHT NOW ARE OREGON WASHINGTON AND CALIFORNIA THOSE ARE THE BIGGEST CASES THEY ARE SAYING ALL RIGHT CAN WE DID A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO THE SYMPTOMS JUST SO THAT SURE BEFORE LEAVE I WANT TO JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO WITH THE STEPS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OK SO YOU SAID A COUGH COUGH COUGH NASAL DISCHARGE OCULAR DISCHARGE I DISCHARGE LETHARGY DIFFICULTY BREATHING OR ALL THE BIG SIGNS I MEAN I WOULD SAY EVEN WITH A LASTING COUGH TO GO SEE YOUR VETERINARIAN EVEN SNEEZING BECAUSE I MEAN DOGS THE LATELY I MEAN I MEAN I MEAN OCCASIONAL SNEEZING IS FINE BUT I'M TALKING LIKE A DEEP COUGH THAT JUST ISN'T GETTING BETTER OCCASIONAL COUGH COST I WOULD SAY IS LASTING BEYOND 24 HOURS OKAY AND THEN OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANT TO SPREAD IT TO OTHERS SO WHEN YOU BRING THEM AND ANY TIPS WELL A LOT OF IF YOU LET YOUR VET KNOW HEY MY DOGS COUGHING AND A LOT OF TIMES THEY'LL PUT THEM IN A SPECIFIC ROOM FOR YEAH ALL RIGHT AND THAT'S THE NUMBER ANYONE WANTS TO REACH ASK QUESTIONS EARN YOU KNOW HE'S GETTING REALLY COMFORTABLE HERE THANK YOU IS YOUR NEW ASIDE SIDEMAN HERE OK SO WE HAVE ON LITTLE MASCOT THANK YOU SO AMBER COMING

Channel: WREG News Channel 3

Views: 5,632

Keywords: video, Live at 9, mystery dog illness, antibiotic resistance, symptoms, treatment, memphis, southaven, west memphis, tennessee, missisippi, arkansas

Id: t96HjJYMDUA

Length: 5min 22sec (322 seconds)

Published: Mon Dec 04 2023