New York Dog Has H1N1

[rainbow4321]

Great...so can the doggie version be thrown back into the human version and make the human vaccine worthless (mutating virus, etc...)?


http://www.emaxhealth.com/1/117/34933/new-york-dog-has-h1n1-officials-alert.html

A thirteen year old dog from the town of Bedford Hills in New York has become the first dog affected by H1N1 virus. Authorities from The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) confirmed this week that the Bedford dog has swine flu.

According to the officials the dog is now at home after spending two days in an animal hospital. It belonged to a person who a week earlier had also been diagnosed with H1N1 influenza virus. The dog owner decided to take the pet to a local animal hospital after observing the symptoms like high fever, dry cough, tiredness and lack of appetite. The veterinarians conducted an exhaustive review of dog's health ruling the diagnosis of H1N1 in the animal.

The AVMA said that the analysis, conducted in laboratories around New York and in Iowa indicated that the dog was negative to a canine flu virus known as H3N8. However, the pet was positive for the same influenza known in humans as H1N1 or swine flu.

However, IDEXX Laboratories, that confirmed the swine flu in the New York dog, sounded an "alert" that H1N1 influenza is now confirmed in household pets. IDEXX says that household pets experiencing the above-mentioned symtoms should be checked for pet swin flu. "Testing should be considered in any pet with evidence of respiratory disease. The shedding period of influenza viruses is short. Samples should be submitted for testing within 7 days of the onset of clinical signs to avoid negative results in infected animals," writes IDEXX.

[Goldstein1984]

1. When I was sick with H1N1 several months ago

both of our dogs were also sick--lethargic.

We assumed it was H1N1. This suggests we were correct.

[rainbow4321]

2. Has the dog connection been in the MSM?

I first read about it when Veratect (a bio risk surveillance company that people started to follow back in the spring when H1N1 first surfaced) put out a twitter about the news last week. They gather tidbits like this and put it out on their Twitter account.
Granted, I don't really watch MSM at all but I don't remember seeing it on the websites I go to (unless I missed it).
I saw the med resistant TB thread in LBN and it got me googling the dog/H1N1 connection. No MSM websites, just a few dog-related sites and the one I put in the OP.
You think this should be wider spread in the news for people like your family to read (family sick, dog acting sick).


http://twitter.com/Veratect

[Goldstein1984]

3. I don't watch the MSM, but

one would think this is the kind of scare story they would enjoy.

On the other hand, it seemed to me like the government went from sensationalizing H1N1 to downplaying it when the vaccine supplies couldn't keep up with demand, and when the death toll didn't skyrocket.

[Liberation Angel]

4. I am pretty sure my 13 year old dog died of H1N1

But I could not afford to get this tested.

My daughter and spouse who work in very public places got it, we are pretty sure and then my sweet crazy australian cattle dog started with a "kennel cough" then one day she just collapsed, unable to draw a breath and died in a few minutes.

Sad. But mercifully quick.

[snagglepuss]

5. Its a known fact, nothing new. nt