Originally Posted By: landcruiserwilly
fishhead, that's nuts. the parasite is a flatworm, not a virus. your dog won't acquire immunity from being exposed. the fact that your dogs haven't gotten it since is pure luck. it's also easy to misdiagnose as parvo as well, so you're rolling the dice. not every fish has the parasite, not every dog will get the disease, but don't intentionally expose you dogs to a potential fatal disease.

willy


It's actually a rickettsi type microbe, and it's borne by the flukes that are resident in the salmon, steelhead, or trout. So techically they can acquire immunity to it but I've heard there are three different strains of the microbe so it's ill-advised to rely on immunity. Get them on tetracycline at the first sign of loss of appetite if they've been exposed in the previous 5-10 days.