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Subject: Quarantine being lifted at Guide Dog Foundation -- Newsday.com

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Quarantine being lifted at Guide Dog Foundation

BY STACEY ALTHERR

stacey.altherr@ <mailto:stacey.altherr%40newsday.com> newsday.com

April 20, 2008

Both puppies and adult dogs at the Guide Dog
Foundation for the Blind in Smithtown have been under
quarantine for two weeks following an influenza-type
of outbreak that killed one dog.

The quarantine will be lifted tomorrow, according to
officials at the organization, and the canines will be
reunited with their families.

On March 30, several dogs came down with "kennel
cough," or bordetella. Although all dogs receive
vaccinations for the disease, they can sometimes come
down with a mild strain of it anyway, said Grete Eide,
director of canine care at the organization.

About four days later, one of the dogs, Granite, came
down with a fever and seemed lethargic. He was taken
to a local animal hospital and admitted.

"Once we realized we had a dog with a fever and
respiratory symptoms, we spoke with the folks at
Cornell [College of Veterinary Medicine] and they
recommended
the safest thing was to quarantine our kennel," Eide
said.

Two days later, another dog, Gabriel, came down with
the same symptoms and was also admitted to the
hospital. Granite was euthanized when it was clear he
wouldn't get well. Gabriel recovered but was taken out
of the guide dog program in case of lingering health
issues. He was adopted by his foster family.

"We notified our volunteers," Eide said. "We've got
240 puppy walkers, and many have brought their dogs in
for visits." Approximately 30 dogs were living
there at the time, she said.

Puppy walkers are volunteers who raise puppies for
about a year until they are old enough to enter the
guide dog training program. Families can leave the
puppies at the site when they are away. The older dogs
undergoing training live on-site and then go to live
with their new owners.

Those dogs caught up in the quarantine will be
reunited tomorrow with their families. "We are
expecting a very busy day," Eide said.

In all, 12 dogs were affected, and all except Granite
have since recovered.

Officials are still not clear what killed Granite and
sickened the other dogs, and blood samples have proved
inconclusive. It is possible that Granite and
Gabriel were infected with a rare form of bordetella.

Training was suspended for two weeks and will resume
tomorrow, according to Eide.

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