Posted on 01/24/2023 3:23:32 PM PST by BenLurkin
The Department of Animal Services says at least 13 dogs at the Jurupa Valley shelter have tested positive for Streptococcus zooepidemicus, aka strep zoo, a bacterial respiratory infection.
Since the beginning of the year, four dogs have died in their kennels, and a fifth died at the home of an adopter. Lab tests confirmed that the dogs were positive for strep zoo, with additional cases pending lab results.
These are the first instances of strep zoo in that facility’s history, officials said.
Erin Gettis, Riverside County Animal Services director, said other animal shelters in the area are dealing with their own bouts of strep zoo and she is asking for the public’s help to find emergency foster homes to get healthy dogs out of shelters while the cases are treated.
Officials said Strep zoo is often found in horses and other livestock, but it can spread to dogs and cause life-threatening pneumonia. Dogs can become infected easily by being exposed to sick dogs, or through airborne droplets and contaminated surfaces.
Other dogs who were suspected of having strep zoo at the Jurupa valley shelter had to be euthanized, officials said.
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Lots of dogs in Jurupa Valley, lived and worked there for 12 years, and there are tons of residents who own dogs. I taught ESL, and the majority were not “citizens.” Still, they loved their dogs.
Are they taking in dogs which are being left at the border by the illegals who traveled with them? I’m willing to bet that animals which made that journey and got sick have spread it.
Doesn’t Fauxci know all about dogs?
Zoonotic disease.
YEAH! I WANT 8 O’THEM DOGS!, IN CASE I DON’T GET SICK FROM THE FIRST!!!
Not for ANY amount of money.
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