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http://www.avianflutalk.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=14039&PID=128587#128587  to con't.......taken from MRD TB thread.
 
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Second TB case causes concern      USA..

This week's news that a second East Gadsden High School student had been discovered with tuberculosis was a shock to county residents. But officials say they're taking an aggressive approach to the health problem.

"Testing is ongoing," said Sylvia Byrd, administrator for the Gadsden County Health Department, which is reporting an abundance of phone calls from concerned residents, "and precautions are being taken to ensure transmission remains at a minimum." con.t

 

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Not Human infection , very early for this time of year .
 
Posted on Sat, Jan. 27, 2007
LA County health officials find first two West Nile cases of 2007
Associated Press

LOS ANGELES - A dead crow and a mosquito pool became the first cases of West Nile virus in Los Angeles County this year, officials said.

Vector control officials announced the positive tests Friday of the crow in Los Angeles and the mosquitoes in Rowland Heights.

West Nile tests don't usually begin until spring, when the virus is likely to spread.

Increased funding this year has meant earlier testing, but without results from previous years the findings are not yet of much use to health officials.

"There isn't much to compare it with to see if it's significant," said county vector control director Robert Saviskas.

Mosquito pools are a unit of measurement for labs that test for West Nile in mosquitoes. A pool consists of one to 99 trapped mosquitoes, which are then squished into a mash and put through a separation process.

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    MY SISTER PUPPY AROUND A YEAR OLD SUDDENLY BECAME DEATHLY SICK TWO DAYS AGO SHE HAD GONE OUT AND WHEN SHE RETURNED HER DOG WAS LAYING ON THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT MOVE SHE TOOK HIM TO THE VET THE NEXT DAY HE GAVE HER MED FOR HIM AND ASKED IF HE HAD EATTEN A BIRD SHE SAID NO
NEXT DAY DOGS WORST SO SHE RETURNS TO VET TO HAVE DOG SEEN BY VET
PUPPY HAD 104 TEMP NO EATTING VOMIT AND NO BOWEL MOVEMENTS WEAK AND HAD TO BE HAND FEED AND GIVEN WATER BY SYRINGE POOR PUPPY NEAR DEATH SHE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE GOT NETHER DOES THE VET
PUPPY LOST CONTROL OF HIS BLADDER AND GOES WHERE EVER HE IS LAYING
ONLY THING THAT SAVE HER DOG WAS 24 HOUR CARE SHE GAVE HIM AND HER BRIGHT IDEA OF HOW TO GET HIM HYDRATED FAST AND TO GET TEMP DOWN WAS TO FEED HIM A POPISCLE
TODAY DAY 3 PUPPY IS STILL VERY WEAK BUT SOME IMPROVEMENT IS SEEN
HOPE HE IS OKAY
BUT TO EARLY TO TELL
THIS PUPPY IS WELL CARED FOR INSIDE DOG WHO HARDLY EVER GOES OUTSIDE
THE SUDDEN ONSET IS CONCERNING HOW HE WENT FROM A HEALTHY PUPPY ONE MINUTE TO HIS DEATH BED THE NEXT
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    MASSACHUSETTS HEALTHY PUPPY ONE YEAR OLD FALLS ILL IN ONE DAY TO NEAR DEATH
    BROUGHT TO VET TO RECEIVE INTRAVEOUS FLUIDS AND MEDS SENT HOME
    DAY TWO DOG IS WORST RETURNED TO VET TO RECIEVE MORE FLUIDS HAS 104 TEMP
    PUPPY IS INDOOR DOG WITH LITTLE OUTSIDE ACCESS VET ASKED IF DOG COULD HAVE EATTEN A BIRD WE SAID NO
    PUPPY WAS LAYING THERE LIKE HE WAS DEAD WE FEED HIM BY MOUTH WITH SYRINGE WATER AND SPECIAL FOOD VET GAVE US
    DAY 3 WE FEED PUPPY POPISCLE ANYTHING TO COOL DOWN THE FEVER THAT WAS NOT GOING DOWN DOG WAS GETTING WORST
    DAY 4 PUPPY IS LITTLE IMPROVED AND BEING WATCHED
   THE VET THOUGHT HE MAY HAVE LIME AND TICK DESEASE BUT I DOUBT THIS AS IN NEW ENGLAND ITS REALLY COLD HERE AND DONT THINK THERE ARE ANY TICKS OUTSIDE
   NOT SURE WHAT HIT THIS POOR LITTLE PUPPY BUT IT SURE DID KNOCK HIM DOWN BAD
   WE ARE CURRENTLY TREATING HIM AND WATCHING HIM AROUND THE CLOCK
   THIS IS OUR BELOVED PET AND WE JUST DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT HE GOT AND NEITHER DOES THE VET
   IF YOU ASK ME IT SOUNDS LIKE FLU
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Birdlady2 hi this news item is from Sept  2005 . It's well entrenced now ..

New Dog Flu Spreads in U.S., But Death Rate Is Low

Maryann Mott
for National Geographic News
September 27, 2005

A new, highly contagious respiratory virus thought to affect only the greyhound racing industry is now being detected in family dogs.

Canine influenza, a sometimes deadly disease, has struck pet dogs in New York, Florida, and Massachusetts, researchers said at a press conference held yesterday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Edward Dubovi at Cornell University's Animal Health Diagnostic Center in Ithaca, New York, said serum samples from a number of suspected outbreak cases are arriving at his laboratory for testing.

He says he should know by the end of this week if the virus has infected more pets in other states.

Jumping Species

Canine flu was first discovered last year after an unusual illness began to appear at greyhound racetracks in Florida.

Cornell virologists, working with researchers at the CDC and the University of Florida, determined the sick greyhounds had a type of influenza ordinarily found only in horses.

This finding is the first scientific report of an equine influenza virus jumping the species barrier, and researchers are unsure how it occurred.

Virtually 100 percent of exposed dogs become infected, the researchers said. The virus is spread from dog to dog via coughing, contaminated objects, and even people.

Nearly 80 percent of dogs exposed to the virus contract only a mild form of the disease, which mimics kennel cough—a type of canine bronchitis that is rarely serious.

Canine influenza symptoms include low-grade fever, cough, and nasal discharge.

Nearly 20 percent of infected animals do not display any clinical signs but can still spread the disease.

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 sc   flu,  upper resp virus,  strep throat,  stomach virus with high fever 
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Norwalk virus shuts chronic care hospital
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Dana Flavelle
Staff Reporter

A hospital in Toronto's east end says it will remain closed to visitors and new patients until later this week following an outbreak of the highly contagious Norwalk virus.

Bridgepoint Health said it's taking extra precautious to curb the spread of the outbreak, which began in January. The hospital has been closed since Wednesday.

About 20 patients and a handful of hospital staff were infected with the virus as of yesterday, hospital vice-president of communications Dianne Whidden said.

"The hospital has been closed to visitors and new admissions since February 14th," Whidden said in a telephone interview.

"It's being done as a precautionary measure. The virus can be aggressive and our patients are delicate."

The 500-bed facility, in Toronto's Riverdale neighbourhood, is a chronic-care hospital serving elderly patients and people recently released from other hospitals.

The hospital doesn't know how the outbreak began, Whidden said. "It was likely brought in from outside."

The hospital is taking "aggressive measures" to limit the spread of the virus, she said, including an extra emphasis on hand washing, wearing gloves, cleaning, disinfecting and limiting contact between units.

The Norwalk virus is an intestinal illness spread through the feces of infected people.

Contact often occurs through contaminated food or water. The virus normally lasts two or three days without serious or long-term side effects.

Bridgepoint Health, formerly Riverdale Hospital, is an older facility with shared washrooms.

The hospital, which is located near Broadview Ave. and Gerrard St., behind the Don Jail, is scheduled for redevelopment.

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