Animal Health Trust Is Appealing For Help With Seasonal Canine Illness
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11th September, 2012 16h57
Seasonal canine illness (SCI) claimed the lives of a number of dogs during the autumn of 2009, 2010 and 2011. Suspected cases have now been reported in 2012 so we are urging dog owners to stay vigilant for signs of this mystery illness.
SCI comes on very quickly, usually within 24 to 72 hours of dogs walking in woodland, and the main clinical signs are vomiting, diarrhoea and lethargy. Any dog owners which see these signs after walking their dogs in woodland should immediately seek advice from their vet.
To help with our investigation, we are requesting that dog owners who have walked their dogs in our following study sites complete our
online questionnaire, whether or not their dog has displayed signs of SCI:
Clumber Park, Nottinghamshire
Rendlesham Forest, Suffolk
Sandringham Estate, Norfolk
Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire
Thetford Forest, Norfolk
Dr. Richard Newton, the leader of our SCI investigation, said: “We desperately need information from dogs who have been walked at any of our study sites, even if they did not become ill. The information we can glean from owners of dogs who walked at the sites and their dogs didn’t show clinical signs of SCI is just as important to our investigation as information from affected dogs.”
Although these are five previously-affected study sites, we want to highlight that dogs could be at risk of the illness when walking in any UK woodland during the autumn. Therefore, we advise all dog owners to remain vigilant for signs of SCI.
For further information about SCI and our investigation into the illness, please
visit this website.
Dog owners who have walked their dogs in any of our study sites, and owners whose dogs have suspected SCI following a walk through any UK woodland, please complete our
online questionnaire.
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