CIRDC refers to a contagious cough caused by one or more viral or bacterial pathogens. Laymen often refer to CIRDC as “kennel cough” because of its frequent association with dogs that have been recently housed in kennels or shelters. These settings allow for physical proximity of animals (which facilitates contagion spread) and contribute to disease […]
Canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRDC) is a common disease complex caused by many different viruses and bacteria, including Bordetella bronchiseptica, Mycoplasma cynos, adenovirus type 2, distemper, influenza A virus, parainfluenza virus, pneumovirus and respiratory coronavirus. In March 2015, veterinarians in the Chicago area noted an increase in incidence of signs of canine infectious respiratory […]
Clinical Relevance Healthy dogs with low antibody titer to Bordetella bronchiseptica were vacci-nated intranasally with an avirulent live vaccine, subcutaneously with an antigen extract vaccine, or subcutaneously and intranasally with a placebo. Intranasally vaccinated dogs developed B. bronchiseptica–specific IgA titers in nasal secre-tions that remained at high levels until the end of the study; dogs […]
Three groups of healthy dogs with low antibody titers to Bordetella bronchisepti-ca (Bb), canine parainfluenza virus (CPI), and canine adenovirus type 2 (CAV-2) were used in this study. One group was vaccinated with a single dose of mono-valent attenuated Bb vaccine and one group with a trivalent vaccine containing attenuated Bb, CPI, and CAV-2; dogs […]
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