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CanineIF <br />Diseases <br />• vaccines <br />Rabies: <br />Required by Law <br />D... Distemper: <br />This contagious and serious viral illness has no know cure, which <br />makes it even more vital to dog to have a vaccine that combats it. <br />H... Hepatitis: <br />This viral infection is actually caused by two related viruses it mainly <br />affects the liver. <br />L... Leptospirosis: <br />This bacterial infection affect a dog's kidneys and liver it can also infect <br />humans, cows, dogs, pigs and other mammals. (Zoonotic Disease) <br />P... Parainfluenza: <br />This virus can cause upper respiratory infections in dogs. <br />P... Parvo: <br />A severe and fatal virus that affects the lining of the intestinal tract. <br />Cv .. Coronavirus: <br />Similar to Parvovirus, it can be very severe, however, somewhat <br />different effect on the intestinal tract and is generally not <br />considered fatal. More serious in puppys than adult dogs. <br />Bordetella: <br />Kennal cough, the common name that is given to infectious canine <br />tracheobronchitis is a very contagious respiratory disease <br />among dogs. <br />K-9 Influenza: <br />Canine influenza is a newly emerging infectious disease commonly <br />referred to as "Dog Flu:' Just like human flu is among humans, canine <br />influenza is highly contagious among dogs. In fact, unless a dog has <br />already had the illness and recovered, virtually every dog exposed to <br />the virus will become infected. This is because the virus is relatively <br />new (it was first reported in 2003), and dogs have no natural <br />immunity to it. K-9 Influenza H3N8 has been dinicly proven to <br />significantly reduce the severity of the influenza and the length of <br />time that a dog is sick. <br />Lyme: One of the most common tick transmitted diseases in the world. <br />Transmission of the disease has been reported in dogs throughout the <br />United States, but is most pravelent in the upper Midwestern States, <br />the Atlantic seaboard, and the Pacific coastal states. <br />ALL DOGS SHOULD BE DE -WORMED 2 TIMES PER YEAR <br />ROUNDWORMS CAN BE TRANSMITTED TO HUMAN <br />