Dog owners in the Pacific Northwest, beware: a Portland pup nearly died from salmon poisoning disease after eating raw fish ...

Let’s say you and your pup are out on the Yuba River enjoying a day of fishing in the cool spring air. You’ve caught a couple of spring-run Chinook salmon along the way, and laid them in your cooler .

Christie said that although he did not take a bite out of any dead salmon, it was clear that he must have licked one and had enough of an encounter to be poisoned by the salmon’s parasitic flukes that ...

Pet owners are being warned to keep dogs away from dead fish after several cases of salmon poisoning were reported near ...

The bacteria, called Neorickettsia helminthoeca, is transmitted through parasitic worms and causes salmon poisoning. The poisoning can be fatal for dogs if left untreated. Symptoms, which may show ...

Salmon poisoning disease is seen in dogs after they eat certain types of raw or cold smoked fish like trout and salmon that are infected with a bacteria-like organism, Neorickettsia helminthoeca, ...

Neorickettsia helminthoeca, which is transmitted by the parasitic flatworm (or “fluke”) Nanophyetes salmincola. Nanophyetes salmincola occurs naturally in waters of Northern California and ...

April 24, 2024 - Dog owners in California are reminded to take precautions to protect their pets from Salmon Poisoning Disease. Nanophyetes salmincola occurs naturally in waters of northern ...

Pooches who ingest raw or cold-smoked fish such as trout or salmon are at risk of contracting the disease, which is caused by the organism Neorickettsia helminthoeca spread by parasitic flatworms ...