Post by Sighthound Fan on Jul 1, 2006 14:50:10 GMT
In the last week or so at least 4 dogs are known to have died from a mystery virus in the Norwich area and a number of others have been seriously ill. Symptoms are sickness, diarrhoea & respiratory problems but it is definitely not Parvovirus. Most of the dogs that died were unvaccinated puppies but it has affected vaccinated dogs as well. So far they have all come from the Mile Cross & Lakenham areas as far as we know. The dog warden is keeping records to try and find a pattern or source and one of the dead dogs has been sent to Newmarket for a post mortem. It is assumed it is being spread by close contact between dogs or contact with infected urine/faeces/vomit but they don't know for sure.
There should be a press release in the EDP/Evening News tomorrow to warn dog owners but the only thing we can do at present is avoid areas in Norwich where we know lots of other dogs have been (especially if they may be unvaccinated).
Please pass this info on to anyone you know who exercises their dogs around
Norwich.
There should be a press release in the EDP/Evening News tomorrow to warn dog owners but the only thing we can do at present is avoid areas in Norwich where we know lots of other dogs have been (especially if they may be unvaccinated).
Please pass this info on to anyone you know who exercises their dogs around
Norwich.
