State confirms first two cases of dog flu

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HARTFORD, Conn. -- The state veterinarian has confirmed the first two cases of canine flu in Connecticut.

The potentially fatal influenza can cause dangerous respiratory infections in dogs, though there is no evidence that people or other types of pets can catch it.

The disease, an equine flu that somehow crossed over from horses to dogs, was first diagnosed last year in racing greyhounds in Florida. It has since spread to dogs in at least a dozen other states. Between 5 percent and 8 percent of cases are fatal.

In Connecticut, West Hartford kennel owner Myra Wahl noticed many dogs in her facility coughing late last month.

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I think the Avian flu and Dog flu may have already merged, and I think I have it. I was at the mall yesterday and had an uncontrollable desire to run into the the parking lot and and point birds. It was embarrassing.............