Parvo virus

[Bruer]

There has been a confirmed case of Parvo in a young dog up our way. They don't know where it has originated from but it's the first confirmed case in years

 

[kateincornwall]

Oh no , thats not good , I havent heard of a case for ages . Hoping the dog recovers x

 

[Charlie]

How awful. I've never heard of a case. Maybe someone didn't get their pup vaccinated. Hope the dog recovers. xxx

 

[MellowYellow]

Oh no, I hope the dog recovers.

 

[Beanwood]

Parvo is horrible. Truly horrible, poor dog and poor owners. I did see a prevalence chart from last year that showed some cases in the South East, predominately around London, and the other cluster Manchester, and slightly north, plus the surrounding areas.

 

[Cath]

OMG that's terrible. Where is your area @Bruer?

 

[M.F.]

Cape Town has recently had a parvo scare. A dog (I’m presuming a puppy) that had never left it’s garden, died from parvo. So they believe that someone walked it in on the soles of their shoes. There were warnings to wash your shoes in bleach when coming home. We stopped walking at the identified hotspots. Snowie is vaccinated against it, and he is an adult. But still, it was a worry. Thankfully our vet said she had no cases come into her rooms, so I’m presuming that the dogs in our area are healthy and vaccinated. They are extremely pampered!

 

[Selina27]

@Bruer , that's a horrible thing to happen, poor youngster, it's a nasty, nasty disease.

 

[Bruer]

It was in Ayrshire, the vet's surgery posted it on FB. I read in the comments the vet saying it was a 5 month old vaccinated dog that had caught it

 

[Lisa]

Ugh....both my previous dogs caught parvo, believe it or not. Both as young pups. Both had had at least their first vaccination....in fact I suspect first pooch picked it up at the vet when I took him there for his first needle. He was very, very sick but survived. Second pooch was a bit older but still got a milder case. It’s no fun at all, that’s for sure.

 

[Bruer]

So glad your dogs are ok. It's a horrible disease by what i've read

 

[Stacia]

I was working at the vet when Parvo first appeared and the cat vaccination had to be used until one for dogs was developed. We did have cases but I don't think a dog died.

 

[Cath]

the vet saying it was a 5 month old vaccinated dog that had caught it

Canine Parvovirus in dogs | Blue Cross

 

[Cupcase]

In the 5 years of having Cupar, our vets have had 1 confirmed case twice. I got Cupar titre tested at a year old and his parvo antibodies were at the top end of the scale, which reassured me that the vaccine had worked.

 

[Jacqui-S]

Poor dog
Hope he pulls through

 

[Candy]

Yes, fingers and everything else crossed for the poor pup.