Hi, I was wondering if any of you have had experience with a virus called Campylobacter jejuni? I am visiting a website that states "Surveys have shown that C. jejuni is the leading cause of bacterial diarrheal illness in the United States. It causes more disease than Shigella spp. and Salmonella spp. combined.
I have 2 puppies here that have tested positive for it.....both have explosive diarrea (sorry) and are not eating well. The vet told me tonight that not only is it contagious amongst the animals, but it is highly contagious to humans as well. She said that the modes of transportation are infected raw meat or infected eces. Both of these puppies unfortunately like to dine in the dog yard. The vet said that some dogs can carry the bacteria, but not show any signs of carrying it, however they will shed the bacteria in their feces. The only thing that has been different in my household for months is that I attended an AKC dog show with one dog and then visited with a friend. Now at this friends house, she does feed a raw diet and my boy had what the rest of the household was having for dinner, so my feelings are, that he either picked something up at the show venue or the raw meat was suspect. Other than that, I have no clue. I feed California Natural dog food with flax oil mixed in.....no raw meat and the dogs have not been exposed to any outside influences since the CNE show in March. I am anxious to hear if any of you have had any experiences with this bacteria? Leanne?? Kind regards, Kim ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
