Since September, Merrill Police Department K-9 Dasty and Officer Josh McCaskill have been side-by-side, but in early March, Dasty was diagnosed with blastomycosis, rocking McCaskill’s world.
The geographic ranges of endemic mycoses appear to be changing with the climate. Without better diagnosis and reporting, it s impossible to know the extent, putting human and nonhuman animals at risk for illness and unnecessary treatments.
Infectious diseases expert George Thompson has been studying and treating fungal diseases for over two decades. He monitors their spread, symptoms and relative risks.