Flu Shot For Your Dog

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Who knew but you can now get a flu shot for your dog. Nope not the same as for humans but a different one. Its the H3N8 flu shot. Now they say that the dog flu is not contagious to humans but it is to other dogs.

You can read more about the dog flu here:

Dog Flu Shots Now Available

The spread of the virus seems to have plateaued in many areas. However, four-to-five states are still seeing outbreaks: Florida, Colorado, New York, Pennsylvania, and there is an outbreak currently in Virginia, Bell pointed out.

"Is this anything like H1N1?" Rodriguez asked.

"Well, it's a type A, influenza, however it is not swine flu, as we like to call it the canine influenza, it's not contagious to humans so far as we know," Bell said. "There's no evidence that it can be given to people or other species.

"The mortality rate is about 5 percent. It's very similar to the human H1N1 in that generally it's mild, there's cough, nasal discharge, sometimes with a secondary bacterial infection, many recover from it except for those who go on to pneumonia."

here is more information on the shot itself:

Canine influenza

So has anyone ever gotten a flu shot for their dog? Anyone thinking now about getting one for the dog?