Posted on March 21, 2010 by: WayCoolDogs

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Issues about dogs getting swine flu have not been in the news for awhile. Heck, even the swine flu itself has been kind of quiet. We have checked over some websites with current and not-so-current information on the subject of dogs and swine flu. We hope there is some enjoyable reading here….now that the health field is not so sure dogs cannot get swine flu, especially since the first dog to get swine flu has already been diagnosed with even cats getting swine flu!

First Swine Flu dog case has been reported in New York

In a surprise development the world’s first known swine flu dog case has been reported in New York. This has stunned the medical professionals worldwide, as they have no clues about how the dog caught the swine flu – i.e. the H1N1 virus.

All the medical authorities are trying to figure out how the dog caught the H1N1 virus. The owner of the dog had the virus, so it seems likely that the dog caught the virus from him, but this is still baffling the medical authorities because they can’t figure out how the virus can be transmitted from a man to a dog.

Dogs, Cats Can Get Swine Flu Too

A dog in suburban New York City is the first in the nation confirmed to be carrying the same strain of swine flu that is infecting humans, experts told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The 13-year-old mixed breed male, which is recovering, apparently caught the virusfrom his owner. But Michael San Filippo, a spokesman for the American Veterinary Medical Association, said there’s no evidence that the flu strain can be transmitted from a pet to a person.

“In theory it could happen, but so far it’s really looking like a dead end in pets,” he said.

Dr. Anne Schuchat of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday that animals can carry and spread flu viruses, but such cases are rare and people should not be afraid to enjoy their pets.

Dog Swine Flu

Is it possible for your dog to get the swine flu from a human who contracted the swine virus  from a pig? Seems like these viruses have crossed the line of human to animal and back to human to another species. It makes one wonder what is being cooked up in those laboratories these days.

You would think there would be a real effort to cure diseases rather than create new ones. No one believes that a virus from 1918 could surface again unless it was released from a lab.

Well back to dogs now. Do Dogs get the human H1N1 virus? No.  Do they get other viruses? Yes. Can they be cured and prevented yes.

Here is what to do: Take your dog to a holistic veterinarian for a summary of what symptoms your dog has currently and a whole health assessment.  The holistic vets can be found in each state at this site:

American Holistic Veterinarian Medical Association.

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