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Article: Scare over `canine flu' overblown, experts say.
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- Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)
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- October 3, 2005
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Byline: Peter Gorner
CHICAGO _ Despite news reports warning that a new killer virus at dog tracks and animal shelters could move into the pet population, many experts say the "canine flu" may be an old and basically harmless disease.
"This virus has been circulating in the dog population for a long time _ perhaps decades _ and was unrecognized because it is so mild and so easily treatable," said Brad Fenwick, vice president for research and professor of infectious disease pathobiology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Since last year, the canine flu virus has been implicated in dozens of dog deaths at greyhound racetracks and kennels from ...