Add to the list of reasons to give to your family and friends on why they shouldn’t buy a pet store puppy: They can be particularly likely to develop severe or even fatal pneumonia if they contract kennel cough. Kennel cough is not a specific disease, but rather a complex of respiratory diseases affecting dogs,… Learn More
Here’s what every animal shelter needs to know about canine infectious respiratory disease.
Because respiratory disease in dogs is often mild and resolves without treatment, and because it can be caused by viruses, there can be a reluctance to treat it with antibiotics. That’s a mistake, says this expert.
Animal shelters struggling with canine respiratory disease in their dogs can get valuable information about both treatment and prevention from available diagnostic tests.
Most shelters have some kind of treatment protocol in place to treat signs of coughing and mild respiratory disease in their dogs. How do they know when they’re dealing with something else?