Article: KENNEL COUGH CAN BE TOUGH ON DOGS

Texas A&M University issued the following news release:

If Rover sounds like he has a hairball stuck in his throat, it may be something he can't cough up as usual.

He may have kennel cough. It's a common canine aliment that is a type of bronchitis characterized by a harsh, hacking cough, says Dr. Alice Blue-McLendon, a veterinarian at Texas A&M University's College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences.

"Kennel cough can be compared to a chest cold in humans and is generally not serious except in special cases," she says.

Kennel cough (also called bordetella) occurs when damage is done to the "mucociliary escalator," which is part of the respiratory tract and consists ...

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