Posted on 01/20/2018 10:20:15 PM PST by nickcarraway
Humans aren't the only ones suffering from the flu this year.
Canine influenza, better known as "dog flu," has been diagnosed in a number of dogs in the South Bay recently, veterinarians said.
United Veterinary Specialty & Emergency Hospital in Campbell has seen about 70 dogs with symptoms and/or known exposure to the flu, according to Stephanie LaPlume, a veterinarian with the hospital. Other South Bay hospitals, including Los Gatos Dog & Cat Hospital, also report seeing dogs with flu.
The virus can't be passed on to humans, but is highly contagious among dogs, a veterinarian said. Dog owners are encouraged to vaccinate their dogs and avoid taking their dogs to places where they would come in contact with other dogs.
Bay Area Residents in Hawaii Recall Chaos After False Alarm "We are recommending that our clients not take their dogs to dog parks, boarding facilities, doggie daycare, grooming," said Megan Hanken, a veterinarian with Los Gatos Dog & Cat Hospital.
"The big thing is vaccination, and being careful of where your dog is going," Hanken said. As with humans, even if the dog were to get the flu after being vaccinated, "it will decrease their clinical signs," she said.
Pet owners can contact their veterinarians to ask about vaccination, she said.
Dogs who have the flu can show mild signs, severe signs or no signs, according to Courtney Campbell, a Ventura vet who is the host of Nat Geo Wild's Pet Talk.
"For dogs who have contracted the H3N2 virus, the onset of clinical signs is often rapid, i.e., two or three days," Campbell said.
"And for the following 10-14 days, pet parents may see their dogs cough, sneeze, spray nasal discharge, act lethargic, and have trouble breathing. All of these signs can look similarly analogous to a person that has caught the flu," Campbell said.
There is some good news, Campbell said: "In some cases, the cough and illness will resolve on its own in a couple weeks."
Chicken Flu is H1N9.
Dog Flu is H1K9.
Where is South Bay?
45 minutes South of San Francisco.
On Lake Okeechobee, FL.
Chicken Flu is H1N9.
Dog Flu is H1K9.
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Woof, woof.
Any part of the Bay Area south of San Francisco is the South Bay.
BykrBayb, you bring up an important issue - often, we are forced to slog through an article just to see where the hell are they talking about. Watch this:
[California] or [SFO Bay Area], etc.
How about that! Not near Pahokee or Clewiston or Immokalee.
Yep, it’s brackets to the rescue! Brackets can be used to say “hey, this is not part of the headline, but the place where this occurred is ____.”
One can also add a keyword to indicate the state, as I have done.
I think my dog-walk customer had this flu a couple of weeks ago. He’s better now: I noticed last week that his eyes weren’t gunky anymore.
Both of my dogs had come down with something like this a couple months ago. They were sleeping a lot more, vomiting, ears and tails down. Vet said it was a bug of some kind. Gave them medicine to help with the GI symptoms. I gave them extra blankets to burrow into. They do love blankets. They’re ok now.
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I grew up in Florida, so of course that’s the South Bay that came to my mind.
The only clue I saw to which of the world’s many bays this could be was the line “Bay Area Residents in Hawaii Recall Chaos After False Alarm.” But I couldn’t find that one on a map.
Wikipedia lists the following South Bays:
In the United States:
• South Bay, Los Angeles, region of Los Angeles County
• South Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area
• South Bay, former name of Fields Landing, California
• South Bay, San Diego, region of San Diego County
• South Bay, Florida, city in Florida
• South Bay, Boston, planned development in Boston, Massachusetts
• South Bay (Texas), bay in the Laguna Madre in Texas separated from the Gulf of Mexico by Brazos Island
• Great South Bay on Long Island, New YorkIn the People's Republic of China:
• South Bay, Hong Kong
• Nam Wan on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong ("Nam Wan" literally means South Bay)
• Tai Nam Wan on Tsing Yi Island, Hong Kong ("Tai Nam Wan" literally means Great South Bay)
• Nam Van on the Macau Peninsula, an artificial lake ("Nam Van" literally means South Bay)In Taiwan:
• South Bay (Taiwan) on Henchun Township, Pingtung CountyIn Canada:
• South Bay (Nunavut)In Antarctica:
• South Bay (Doumer Island)
• South Bay (Livingston Island)
• South Bay (Ross Island)
• South Bay (South Georgia)
Yes, I’m a big fan of adding the state to the keywords, and to the topics when possible. Too bad we can’t add states to the topics in Chat.
Glad your doggie friend is feeling better.
I keep extra blankets around for my dogs, too. They love to burrow into them. Glad your dogs are better.
One day, he’d eaten a sheet of bubble wrap. That went badly.
Oh no! One of mine likes to cover her chew toys in things like blankets, bubble wrap, plastic wrap, etc. Then she wrestles with it to get to the chew toy. She’s never eaten the wrap though.
Technically highway 92 in San Mateo and Hayward has always been the line. Old Silicon Valley maps from before the dot-com era explicitly show that as the limit.
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