This lab is close to figuring out what causes the mystery dog illness, The New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Lab [View all]
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Taylor O'Bier
Posted: 7:48 p.m. EST Nov 21, 2023
There is still a lot to learn about the mysterious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness affecting dogs across the country, but two things are for sure: The bacteria-like organism causing the infections has a “weird” genetic makeup that is taking some time to understand, and it’s probably best to keep your dogs home from the holiday gatherings.
Snip... advice for pet owners from veterinarians, which is to keep your dog away from other dogs and social settings right now. So traveling with them on planes or bringing them around other family dogs during the holidays might not be the safest.
The infection is definitely not COVID-19, snip...
A graduate student at the Hubbard Center named Lawrence Gordon continued to pore through the samples after the initial sequencing. Needle said in 21 of the 30, he found a small segment of the DNA that’s related to a “previously not described bacteria."
"It’s a very small bacteria with a small genome and a weird genome,” said Needle. “So the most we can say is there’s potentially this bacteria there.”
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Much, more at the link...
https://scrippsnews.com/stories/this-lab-is-close-to-figuring-out-what-causes-the-mystery-dog-illness/
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