How to protect your dog from kennel cough

In recent months, kennel cough cases have spiked nationally, forcing kennels to close for sanitation and veterinary visits to surge.

Bacteria or viruses cause kennel cough infection. It causes respiratory irritation and a deep, painful-sounding cough.

Stephan Carey, is the associate chairperson in the small animal clinical sciences department at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine.

Here, Carey answers questions about the warning signs of kennel cough and explains how its outbreak is connected to the COVID-19 pandemic:

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