One of the German shepherds brought in specially from Islamabad as a part of sniffer-dog squad ahead of Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani's next visit to Karachi, is reportedly suffering from maggots, a kind of worm which multiplies very fast and could prove fatal in not treated within time.
The dog was secretly admitted in a veterinary hospital for treatment after maggot worms and pus was seen oozing out of its right ear.
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The dogs have been kept in the custody of the FIU Karachi, where on Tuesday morning all of a sudden, the black-brown Max was seen to be suffering from ear infection and pus was flowing from the infected ear.
"Maggots are a type of worm and are very dangerous. Maggots multiply very fast. A single maggot in a wound on any animal can multiply a hundredfold within 24 hours, which often proves fatal," said the on-duty doctor at the veterinary hospital, requesting anonymity.
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