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My dog was diagnosed with Valley Fever, does anyone have any input as to best treatment and success rate?

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My dog was diagnosed with Valley Fever, does anyone have any input as to best treatment and success rate?

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Many dogs in this part of the country become infected with VF, but do not become visibly ill. In most cases, only a mild respiratory inflammation occurs as the dogs’ defense mechanisms wall off the organisms. However, very young puppies, older dogs, or dogs with weakened immune systems are at much higher risk to develop a more serious case of VF. In severe cases, the disease can spread throughout the lungs and invade other organs with the fungal infection. Once the spore has been breathed into the lungs, the spore transforms itself into a larger, multi-cellular structure called a spherule. The spherule grows and will eventually burst, releasing lots of small endospores. These develop into new spherules, and the cycle repeats again and again. This is how the fungus can be spread from the lungs through the bloodstream to other organs. Valley Fever is not contagious to other pets or family members! A person with VF cannot infect another person or a dog; a dog with VF cannot infect another

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