If you'e been reading this blog, you are aware that in September 2022, my dog was very ill indeed with a bloody GI condition. More information on this link.
https://lotusfeet22.blogspot.com/2022/09/help-for-dog-give-send-go.html
I've been doing some research on this condition and it is also found in livestock, dairy cows, sheep and goats. Very few dairy cows survive it.
This paper is from the Veterinary Teaching Hospital at Colorado State University. The American paper states that Hemmoragic Bowel Syndrome is a "newly emerging, fatal intestinal disease found in adult dairy cows".
The feces of affected cows is the same as dogs, the first sign is black tar-like stools. With dogs the next sign is vomiting and my dog couldn't keep his water down either.
The cause is currently unknown, and the season for the most cases in dairy cows appears to be Autumn and Winter. Dr Karen Becker found the same in dogs.
Of course, if a dog is affected, it is best not to take your dog out otherwise it can contaminate the land, same with farm land, please do not put other animals at risk. My dog was the 6th dog to catch it in our road and it does appear to pop up in different locations and spread across the location.
DEFRA in the UK weren't interested in the outbreak, although they should be due to the impact on farm animals. The Environment Agency weren't interested and the local Council Environment Protection Department weren't interested either.
In Japan, 400,000 cows got the condition and 78% of the cows caught it in the first month of pregnancy.
My view is that we have to do more to protect bio-diversity of our individual countries, to protect and conserve, we could introduce the same law has Australia. It is also a good idea to keep your dogs off of farmland where there may be many different chemicals that can impact upon your dog, has well has your dog impacting on the farmland.
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