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Parvovirus - back in Swindon!
Parvovirus is back in Swindon – did it ever leave?
Eastcott Vets are warning dog owners of the extreme danger of Parvovirus after a number of cases has been reported in Swindon.
Parvovirus can survive in the environment for over a year and will survive normal household disinfection.
You can carry Parvo into your home and garden on your shoes.
After exposure it can take 3-14 days for a dog to start showing symptoms.
Early symptons
Early symptoms are vomiting and diarrhoea which quickly becomes liquid, blood tinged or dark red and is foul-smelling.
Dogs quickly become extremely depressed and lethargic. Because infected dogs are unable to eat or drink and continue to vomit and pass large quantities of very liquid diarrhoea they become severely dehydrated.
Treating and nursing dogs with Parvovirus takes its toll on staff and nursing such critically ill dogs is heartbreaking if they don’t survive.
Eastcott Vets has an isolation ward as infected dogs must be
quarantined. Whilst we have this facility it is a part of the hospital that we would rather remained unused.
It is
not difficult to fully protect a dog against Parvo virus
A vaccination course as a puppy followed by regular boosters is all that is required.
Eastcott Vets has been recommending an additional 16 week Parvovirus vaccination for puppies since the Swindon Parvo outbreak in 2011.
If your dog’s vaccinations have lapsed, they may need to have a short course of 2 vaccinations to get them back on track. If your dog has not been vaccinated recently it may be at risk.
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