http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050924/NEWS02/509240316/1018 If you have a friend who is a dr. or a pharmacist they might get you a prescription. You will have to be careful figuring out how much to give a Yorkie if the situation arises. It is currently not prescribed for animals.
I has to be given in 2 doses per day for five days. It should be started as soon as symptoms start. It is most effective the first 3 days of the illness. It is a human med.
Your Vet may object to it because it is not part of the current protocol to deal with this illness. However, the current protocol doesn't seem to be very effective.
If they don't get a vaccine soon and Henry gets sick I am going to do whatever I have to do to keep him alive through this.
I spoke to a vet-teck at the hospital they brought the kennel dogs to. He said they started out with something like kennel cough and in two weeks they seemed to be getting better, then they crashed and developed pneumonia and some died.
My Vet says that bull dogs, pugs, older dogs, puppies and other dogs with face folds that can cause respiratory problems will be the ones with the highest mortality rate.
Henry is none of the above but I don't fancy fighting for a spot in the limited amount of oxygen tents at the vets.
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