dog disease?

[p9000]

First game -- two of my dogs just simultaneously came down with a disease. If I don't slaughter them do I risk the disease spreading to all the other dogs? Also do not want my people to eat dog meat least of all diseased dog meat.

I presume this question will apply to all other livestock once I domesticate them....

[Chaoslink]

Eh, I left them until they died then ate them. Nothing bad happened.

[p9000]

thanks for that info! I don't really have the heart to slaughter dogs....

[JagerStripe]

i just had 10 dogs get it all at once.. i think something is wrong. seems like it should be 1 or 2 dog and give you the chance to put them down to stop the spread.

[korac]

Originally posted by WFGA-JagerStripe:

i just had 10 dogs get it all at once.. i think something is wrong. seems like it should be 1 or 2 dog and give you the chance to put them down to stop the spread.

Get used to it... it's just one of the challenges to overcome and recover from. Pretty pointless griping about every little setback, since that's essentially what this game is all about.

Besides, if current events (i.e. news headlines for the past few months) have taught us anything, it's that a disease or virus can become a very serious problem before anybody can do very much about it -- and all the human race could do a few thousand years ago was pray.

[Peyhah]

Diseases don't spread after the initial outbreak, and eating dead diseased animals is fine.

Diseases happen by random, and have a bonus chance of occurring if the person/animal has low stats.

Infection is basically disease but for people/dogs wounded in battle.

[Ace]

I have had dogs recover from the disease.

[HunterKiller]

Originally posted by JoeExplorer:

I have had dogs recover from the disease.

This.