{"id":1099,"date":"2015-04-15T19:32:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T19:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1099"},"modified":"2015-04-15T20:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T20:28:16","slug":"asian-canine-influenza-outbreak-a-reminder-of-the-importance-of-responsible-animal-transport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-policy\/asian-canine-influenza-outbreak-a-reminder-of-the-importance-of-responsible-animal-transport\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian Canine Influenza Outbreak: A Reminder of the Importance of Responsible Animal Transport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An outbreak of canine influenza* in the Chicago area has <a title=\"Chicago canine influenza epidemic traced to Asian strain\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/news\/local\/breaking\/ct-dog-flu-met-0415-20150414-story.html#page=1\" target=\"_blank\">killed six dogs and sickened 1,300<\/a>. It comes from a strain of the virus that has previously <a title=\"Chicago-Area Dog Flu Outbreak Caused by Strain Never Before Seen in U.S.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nbcchicago.com\/news\/local\/Researchers-Say-Chicago-Area-Dog-Flu-Caused-by-Virus-Never-Seen-in-US-Before-299572631.html\" target=\"_blank\">only been seen in Korea and China<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>We do not yet know the specific source or the scenario that led to this outbreak, but regardless, it is a painful reminder of the importance of responsible animal transport (especially in regards to\u00a0<a title=\"Humane or Insane?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.naiaonline.org\/naia-library\/articles\/humane-or-insane\" target=\"_blank\">importation<\/a>), and why we support it so strongly at NAIA.<\/p>\n<p>Of course there are no guarantees in life, no way to ensure that your pet will never come down with an illness, but employing\u00a0responsibility and accountability when transporting animals &#8212; something that is, unfortunately, <a title=\"NASPHV Addresses the Issue of Unregulated Animal Importation\" href=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-policy\/nasphv-addresses-the-issue-of-unregulated-animal-importation\/\" target=\"_blank\">not always standard operating procedure<\/a> &#8212; is a great way to improve those odds for everybody&#8217;s pets.<\/p>\n<p>Our hearts go out to the families who lost pets due to this illness, and we wish a speedy recovery to all who were affected!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-687\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/Logo.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11.5px;\">*while this is referred to as &#8220;Asian Dog Flu&#8221; it can affect cats too!<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We do not yet know the specific source or the scenario that led to this outbreak, but regardless, it is a painful reminder of the importance of responsible animal transport (especially importation), and why we support it so strongly at NAIA.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1099"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1103,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1099\/revisions\/1103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}