BY SCOTT WEESE ON JANUARY 18, 2018
POSTED IN DOGS, VACCINATION
The recent H3N2 canine influenza cluster in Ontario is hopefully still contained. Some infected dogs continue to shed the virus, but a good thing about flu is that there’s no long-term carrier state. Dogs will typically shed the virus for a couple of weeks, but then it should be gone. Accordingly, if the affected dogs (imported dogs and the household contacts they infected) can be contained for a few weeks, it’s possible that it can be eradicated from the area. However, with the amount of ongoing cross-border dog traffic, we must always be vigilant for new incursions.
Here’s our updated H3N2 influenza infosheet for veterinarians.
