We recently lost a K9 patient to West Nile Virus. He began seizuring uncontrollably and went on emergency to a referral facility where he was stabilized to a degree. They then transferred him to a specialty care center for MRI, further diagnostics, etc, but died unexpectedly while receiving a Phenobarbital CRI in the CCU. Post-mortem findings were positive for West Nile. From what I can find it is not very common and when dogs do have it the symptoms are mild ataxia and not much else?? Our client and staff were shocked by his death and the apparent cause. Does anyone have experience with
We recently lost a K9 patient to West Nile Virus. He began seizuring uncontrollably and went on emergency to a referral facility where he was stabilized to a degree. They then transferred him to a specialty care center for MRI, further diagnostics, etc, but died unexpectedly while receiving a Phenobarbital CRI in the CCU. Post-mortem findings were positive for West Nile. From what I can find it is not very common and when dogs do have it the symptoms are mild ataxia and not much else?? Our client and staff were shocked by his death and the apparent cause. Does anyone have experience with this? Is this going to be the new plague for our canine buddies? 
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Wow good investigative work
Wow good investigative work 99! This is a job for Remo:)
I don’t recall it being a x-over to dogs but haven’t been up to date. Remo is a lot closer to the Nile than we are:)
Wow good investigative work
Wow good investigative work 99! This is a job for Remo:)
I don’t recall it being a x-over to dogs but haven’t been up to date. Remo is a lot closer to the Nile than we are:)
Haven’t seen or heard of any
Haven’t seen or heard of any cases in my area, sorry for your loss.
Haven’t seen or heard of any
Haven’t seen or heard of any cases in my area, sorry for your loss.
Clinical canine west nile
Clinical canine west nile virus infection is extremely rare with only a handful of documented cases, however, with serological surveys the disease appears common but asymptomatic. In addition dogs generally only show mild viremia, which is too low to infect mosquitoes. develop. Clinically affected dogs develop encephalitis, myelitis, and myocarditis.
As the disease seems subclinical, it is unlikely that it will manifest as a new plague. Although with any viral disease mutations are possible.
Clinical canine west nile
Clinical canine west nile virus infection is extremely rare with only a handful of documented cases, however, with serological surveys the disease appears common but asymptomatic. In addition dogs generally only show mild viremia, which is too low to infect mosquitoes. develop. Clinically affected dogs develop encephalitis, myelitis, and myocarditis.
As the disease seems subclinical, it is unlikely that it will manifest as a new plague. Although with any viral disease mutations are possible.
Would it or could it cause
Would it or could it cause acute symptoms (encephalitis)? The seizures came on seemingly out of nowhere and they were never able to stop the seizures.
Would it or could it cause
Would it or could it cause acute symptoms (encephalitis)? The seizures came on seemingly out of nowhere and they were never able to stop the seizures.
Encephalitis can cause acute
Encephalitis can cause acute onset seizure activity without any prior clinical signs. How was the diagnosis confirmed? If possible could you post the post mortem results.
Encephalitis can cause acute
Encephalitis can cause acute onset seizure activity without any prior clinical signs. How was the diagnosis confirmed? If possible could you post the post mortem results.
I will see if I can track
I will see if I can track down the patient’s file to post.
I will see if I can track
I will see if I can track down the patient’s file to post.
I also found this article on
I also found this article on the Pub Med http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15753477
I also found this article on
I also found this article on the Pub Med http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15753477