Can anyone shed some light on this,?

hi hun i had 3 of mine come down with KC and the other 3 was fine it is there own anti bodys they might carr it but not show signs thats why hun, it could be that it is a diffrent strain if KC and the others can fight it where some cant. sorry hope that makes sence hun. hope you had a great xmas xx

There are so many different strains of KC that it would be impossible to immunise against the exact strain. I've only had KC once and they never had it again even when exposed. I suppose it's different immune responses, your dogs could have a higher immunity because you work with dogs yourself and may bring back, inadvertently, milder strains of the disease so your dogs immunity is regularly topped up whereas Dennis doesn't?
Becky

Hi Shona what are you asking, why some dogs who have been in close proximity with each other get an illness and others don't? I can't comment on the particular instance you describe and I am not a vet but would guess the following is true.

With regard to 'Kennel Cough' which is a general description for a number of infectious illnesses, I would guess that some dogs develop a degree of natural immunity once they have had a disease, others not as much.

Also anything that makes a dog less fit like worms, other illnesses,old age and being a puppy make a dog more susceptible to infection.

Once dogs have has contracted one of the illness, some may go on to develop secondary infections which may make the symptoms appear more severe in those dogs when compared to the dogs who don't get secondary infections.

Not sure if you are saying you vaccinate/have nasal drops for your dogs or not? You would need to vaccinate against each strain for the maximum cover .

Hi Shona Beau came down with KC a while ago , and Skye caught it from her but Lady never got it , the only thing my vet told me was that Lady must have had a higher resistance to it , I hope all your babies feel loads better soon , and hope that the ones that have not contracted Kc stay fit an well xxdk

no hun as the others have said it is all down to what strain they have been in contact with and how the body fights it, so some dogs will get KC adothers wont or will get such a mild form you don't see it. it has nothing to do with boosters as that is for some thing else. even dogs that have been vac against KC can still get it as it is like our flu jab we can still get it, just a diffrent strain. hope that helps.

Kennel cough is a viral infection, the virus, like all viruses, mutates, so giving your dog the KC drops or injections will not protect them against any new strains.

It's the same with the flu jag that people are given, I went to the docs every year to get it, the nurse advises you that it will not give protection against any new strains, so three years ago I stopped going for it, what's the point ?

I've been getting the flu jag for the past 10 years, I've had quite a few bouts of flu in that time so the flu jabs don't give full protection, since stopping getting the jabs I've never had the flu.

Its a very random virus Shona, its hit and miss. We had it in our kennels about 5yrs ago some got it, some didnt, even dogs living together ended up with one having it and one not. I have had it here in the past and my oldies never got it but the others did, none of them are vaccinated against it and none recieve boosters.

I think that the fact that Mae lived with you and hasn't got it, even though Nero's other dogs have, is probably down to what was suggested before, in that your dogs (along with Mae) may have been inadvertently, but frequently 'topped up', which helps to build up their immunity, and this would have been when Mae was with you, so she is as immune as your adults who too are fine

I too admit though that in the 2 years that Mr Woo had the KS nasal, he had KC twice, and since we stopped that, he hasn't had it at all MY bitch has never had the Nasal, and never had it !!