{"id":542698,"date":"2026-07-10T12:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542698\/"},"modified":"2026-07-10T12:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T12:45:11","slug":"clare-vet-urging-pet-owners-to-be-proactive-amid-viral-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/542698\/","title":{"rendered":"Clare Vet Urging Pet Owners To Be Proactive Amid Viral Outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clare pet owners are being urged to take proactive measures following an outbreak of a viral disease with a high mortality rate in the West of the county.<\/p>\n<p>It comes as an animal shelter in West Clare has been forced to close due to an outbreak of Panleucopaenia.<\/p>\n<p>The An Cat Dubh Sanctuary at Cloonlaheen, near Miltown Malbay has confirmed blood tests in the case of a number of deceased cats and kittens has detected the presence of Panleucopaenia.<\/p>\n<p>The Shelter has since closed, meaning it can\u2019t currently facilitate re-homing requests, admissions or rescues.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s founder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clare.fm\/news\/an-cat-dubh-sanctuary-devastated-amid-highly-contagious-outbreak\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dr Rhona Lucas says they\u2019ve implemented stringent infection controls<\/a> in the wake of the incident and are working to determine the origin and extent of the outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>She says there\u2019s a huge body of work ahead.<\/p>\n<p>The airborne disease, which attacks white blood cells, is highly contagious and has a high mortality rate amongst kittens in particular.<\/p>\n<p>The symptoms include high fevers, profound lethargy, loss of appetite, severe vomiting and diarrhea.<\/p>\n<p>John Garrahy from Treaty Veterinary Clinic in Shannon says the disease can easily spread and is likely circulating in the local environment.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s told Clare FM, however, that hydration and anti-biotics are effective treatments and he\u2019s encouraging pet owners to consider a highly effective vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the full interview here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Clare pet owners are being urged to take proactive measures following an outbreak of a viral disease with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":542699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[61,60,82],"class_list":["post-542698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-science","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=542698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/542698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/542699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=542698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=542698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=542698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}