11 seized dogs dead from distemper
Baltimore County treating remaining dogs in quarantine
11 seized dogs dead from distemper
and last updated 2021-07-16 18:50:19-04
BALDWIN, Md. â It started with a single puppy from the âDonât Be a Bullyâ dog rescue in White Hall testing positive for distemper -a highly-contagious and deadly virus.
âItâs respiratory. Itâs GI. Itâs neurological. I think seeing any animal being ill and then watching it succumb to its illness is upsetting to watch,â said Dr. Lucia Donatelli of the Baltimore County Health Department.
And the virus has now ravaged nearly a dozen of the four dozen dogs seized in northern Baltimore County from a rescue that had them living with no air conditioning, nor water as the infection spread.
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