“Dog dead of contagious disease – alarms in Alingsås”
“A australian shepherd dog in Alingsås, sweden in February in the infectious disease infectious hepatitis (HCC).”
“Now hit the Alingsås hospital alarm according to the law on communicable diseases, reports SVT the West.”
“– She was bleeding, it was bleeding from skin and mucous membranes at the same time she had a fever and developed liver failure. The combination meant that we suspect inflammation of the liver, HCC, ” says Sara Molin, chefsveterinär at Alingsås hospital, to SVT.”
“the HCC is rare in Sweden, then the vaccine against the deadly disease included in the regular vaccination program for dogs. Last time the cases were reported, three years ago.”
“the Virus is transmitted through body fluids. The progression of the disease can be very quickly and the dog can die after just having shown signs of the disease in a few hours. Diarrhea, nausea, abdominal pain and high fever are some of the symptoms.”
