With documented cases in cats and ferrets you had to think it was just a matter of time before a dog was diagnosed with Swine Flu. This week laboratory tests confirmed the H1N1 virus in a 13-year old dog in Bedford Hills, New York. The dog presented with pneumonia-like symptoms and was treated [...]
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First Confirmed Case of Swine Flu (H1N1) in Cats
November 4th, 2009 No Comments
It’s official, the Swine Flu virus (H1N1) is not just for people and pigs. A veterinarian at Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine has diagnosed and successfully treated a cat with the swine flu virus. This is the first confirmed case in the United States of swine flu in a feline. [...]
