A case of distemper brings dog intake services to a halt at BARC.
BARC has placed 70 dogs in quarantine to avoid any further exposure to distemper and will continue to monitor animals outside of these wards.BARC, Houston’s animal shelter and adoption center, has paused all public dog intake and put infectious disease protocol in place after detecting a positive case of distemper in their shelter.
Symptoms in dogs infected by the disease can include nasal discharge, coughing, sneezing and in severe cases – impact to the animal’s neurological system or death. As of Monday, staff identified 70 dogs that were potentially exposed and placed them in quarantine in two wards of BARC’s evaluation building, Stottlemyer said.
The staff members that are handling these dogs are instructed to wear full gowns and clean the bottom of their shoes before entering and exiting the quarantine wards.
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