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Thank you to Emma Marie's Grooming & Dog Daycare for helping us beat the heat with a visit from the Ice Cream Man! I've never seen grown adults so excited to hear the bells of an ice cream truck!
And that one where you try to fetch the stick, but you're just running in slow motion. Ugh.
Warnings have been issued in both Massachusetts and Rhode Island for toxic blue-green algae found in several bodies of water. All recreation within any affected waters should be avoided, especially for pets.
Contact with the cyanobacteria can cause skin, nose, eye, and throat irritation. Ingestion can cause stomachache, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, headache, fever, or liver damage.
Please view the included links for more information on toxic blue-green algae, and see the provided list below for currently affected bodies of water in Massachusetts and RI.
www.mass.gov/guides/cyanobacterial-harmful-algal-blooms-cyanohabs-water
www.patriotledger.com/news/20170811/toxic-algae-poses-risk-in-some-massachusetts-ponds
patch.com/rhode-island/newport/toxic-blue-green-algae-found-7-rhode-island-waterbodies
Massachusetts:
Lower basin Charles River, Boston & Cambridge
Martin Pond in North Reading
Oldham Pond in Pembroke
Savery Pond in Plymouth
Schoolhouse Pond in Barnstable
Wampatuck Pond in Hanson
Hummock Pond in Nantucket
Lake Slog in Holland
Tully Lake in Athol & Royalston
Rhode Island:
Pleasure Lake in Providence
Roosevelt Lake in Providence
Elm Lake in Providence
Almy Pond in Newport
Sisson Pond in Portsmouth
J.L. Curran Resevoir in Cranston
Mashapaug Pond in Providence
Cyanobacterial Harmful Algal Blooms (CyanoHABs) & Water
The State Organization Index provides an alphabetical listing of government organizations, including commissions, departments, and bureaus.The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently announced that six southeastern communities in the Bristol and Plymouth counties are now at "high risk" from the Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE, virus.
Regarding any risk to dogs, cats, and other animals we are referring to the following public health fact sheet on WNV and EEE in animals as listed on the Mass.gov website.
www.mass.gov/service-details/wnv-and-eee-in-animals
To aid in mosquito repellency for dogs we do recommend Vectra 3D, a topical parasite preventative. Please note, Vectra 3D is not safe to use on cats. If you have questions regarding your pet's current preventatives please contact our office.