What are Canine flu symptoms?

Answer 1

Canine Flu:

Characteristic hacking cough, runny nose, fever, joint pain,loss of appetite, lethargic,diarreha.

Many dogs only get 1 or 2 of the symptoms while others have them all. All dogs will have the cough to some degree.The cough lasts up to 3 weeks sometimes longer.

Being a vet tech we have seen a lot of cases at the hospital recently,plus I have also dealt with it with all 6 of my own dogs in the past 2 weeks.

Since many of the syptoms can also be signs of other illness if your dog displays any of the symptoms you need ot take it to the vet for a correct diagnosis and to receive the proper treatment.

Answer 2

The canine influenza virus can cause mild to severe illness. Mild effects include a soft, moist cough with or without a low grade fever that lasts 10 to 30 days despite treatment, along with yellow/green nasal discharge if a secondary bacterial infection occurs. More severe illness can result in high grade fever as well as rapid/difficult breathing, which is usually caused by secondary pneumonia.

Typically, most infected dogs develop mild to moderate signs that resolve within 10 to 30 days without problems. As with other flu viruses, fatalities can potentially occur, but are not common and are generally due to secondary complications such as bacterial pneumonia.

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