5 Things You Need to Know About the “Circovirus Outbreak”  Sick
Pug via ShutterstockDr. Jessica Vogelsang| Pet360.com  "A scary
new disease is killing dogs!" proclaims headlines across the
country. "A new virus is emerging and dogs are dying. Doctors
are baffled." Within the space of just a few short days, fanned
by the flames of fear and robust social media involvement, the
dire news of circovirus spread….well, like a virus.  The only
problem is, as so often happens in these sorts of cases, rumor
became fact long before the actual facts were known. The Ohio
Department of Agriculture is now trying its best to do damage
control and ensure the veterinary and dog owning community gets
accurate information, but the genie's out of the bottle. So what
really happened?  A number of dogs staying at an Ohio boarding/
doggie daycare facility came down with severe signs of disease.
Three of those dogs died. The dogs initially presented with
bloody diarrhea, vomiting, and lethargy, but in several cases
progressed to vasc