Although the vaccine greatly reduces the risk of infection, remember that it is still possible for your dog to contract another strain of Bordetella.
Bacterial causes typically indicate infections by chlamydia and bordetella, and even mycoplasmas, the latter of which is a bacteria that actually lacks a cell wall.
Besides other varieties of strep organisms, these organisms may include Candida albicans, which can cause thrush; Corynebacterium diphtheriae, which can cause diphtheria; and Bordetella pertussis, which can cause whooping cough.
Kennel cough is an airborne bacterial infection usually caused by Bordetella bronchiseptica.
Make sure your working dog is vaccinated against Bordetella.
Part of any treatment plan for this illness is isolation to prevent exposing other dogs to Bordetella.
There is a vaccination for this bacteria, but it does not cover every strain of Bordetella.
They used genetic information from the Human Genome Sequencing Project to find around 14 genes in Bordetella pertussis which causes whooping cough.
Whooping cough is caused by a bacteria called Bordetella pertussis.
Whooping cough-An infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by a bacterium, Bordetella pertussis.