# @uofnh on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C0UqCpYuYd-
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/10173342-uofnh-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-12-01T19:50:11.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** University of New Hampshire (@UofNH) — https://gondola.cc/UofNH

## Caption

Researchers at UofNH's New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (NHVDL) and Hubbard Center for Genome Studies may have made significant progress in better understanding a respiratory syndrome that has affected hundreds of #dogs 🐕 throughout the country and has thus far confounded veterinarians.

“A finding like this is potentially pretty exciting, even though we still have to see how it develops to a place where we are comfortable saying this is a pathogen in the syndrome,” David Needle, pathology section chief at the NHVDL, says.

The UNH researchers identified a small portion of the genome 🧬 of a previously uncharacterized bacteria that may be causing the illness. Cases of the illness have been reported in more than 10 states thus far, and the situation – and hunt for a solution – have garnered national attention. Symptoms of infection in dogs include a cough that can linger for several weeks, runny eyes and sneezing.

There is still a lot of work to do to verify the discovery, but the hope is that identifying the pathogen can ultimately lead to determining the right course of treatment for infected dogs.

Learn more at the link in bio. 
COLSA.unh

#ThisIsUNH #UNHResearch

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