Officials say an illness that sickened dogs, killing some, is canine parvovirus. It's a common illness, but affected dogs were not fully vaccinated.
LANSING, Mich. — An illness that has sickened dogs in northern Michigan, killing some of them, was found to be canine parvovirus, a common ailment the affected dogs were not fully vaccinated against, state officials said.
She said testing confirming the canine parvovirus infections in affected dogs in Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula was done at the university's lab in Lansing and facilitated by the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. "We have a highly effective vaccine available to help protect dogs from the virus. Dogs that are not fully vaccinated against this virus are the most at risk," she said in a statement.
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