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Tracheobronchitis

Tracheobronchitis, Para influenza, Kennel Cough

    This disease has many names, but is only one disease. You can tell if your dog has it if he/she's having a dry, hacking cough. Most kennels require your dog to have the D.H.L.P.P. vaccination (vaccination that blocks Kennel Cough), because that is where it is spreads the most. It travels by air, so if there are a large group of dogs in one place, it will spread. Though usually one dog out of every ten dog gets it from a kennel.
    Once you realize your dog has Kennel Cough, make sure to shelter him/her, so no secondary virus invades your dog's body, for that could lead to Chronic Bronchitis. But if this virus is alone, than it will easily clear itself up if you feed your dog cough suppressants or cough syrup.