Experts recommend isolating dogs amid respiratory 'mystery illness'

(FOX NEWS) – Cases of a fatal respiratory condition in dogs have appeared in Oregon, Indiana, Illinois, Washington, Idaho, California, Nevada and throughout the Northeast as veterinarians scramble to determine what is causing the mysterious illness.

The first symptom, experts say, is a pervasive cough that can last for several weeks and is resistant to traditional antibiotic treatments.

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"It seems to happen very, very quickly," Dr. Lindsay Ganzer, a veterinarian at North Springs Veterinary Referral Center in Colorado Springs, told TODAY. "[Dogs] go from this cough that just won't go away… then all of a sudden they develop this pneumonia."

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