Dogs getting sick with parvo-like illness in northern Michigan, dying within 3 days

Similar to canine parvovirus in symptoms, an unidentified illness has been sickening and killing dozens of dogs in Michigan in the past month.

It first appeared in Otsego County but has been spreading through northern Michigan. 

In an article in the Clare County Cleaver, Clare County Animal Control Director Rudi Hicks said that the virus is suspected to have come from Louisiana and kills infected dogs within three days of having symptoms. 

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