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Mysterious sickness killing Emporia dogs
9:16 p.m. CDT, September 17, 2013
(EMPORIA, Kan.)—
Dozens of dogs that seemed to be healthy quickly became deathly ill at the shelter. "We're in the process now of hoping it's not some virus that we're not aware of ... some new form of distemper or this new circle virus that's been reported around the country," said Emporia veterinarian Floyd Dorsey.
Dorsey thinks it started with dogs found wandering out in the country that were picked up and brought to the shelter. "We've been trying to contain it since then and each time we think it's contained, it seems to break out again," said Dorsey.
The sick dogs started with what seemed like kennel cough, but progressed to matted eyes, green mucus from the nose, and fevers. "The virus can affect the brain and the central nervous system, cause seizures, cause wobbliness when they walk. They go off food, won't eat and usually have to be put down at that point," said Dorsey.
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