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Topic: Canine parvovirus


In the News (Thu 17 Dec 09)

  
  Canine Parvovirus, What you should know about
Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious and serious disease caused by a virus that attacks the gastrointestinal tract of puppies, dogs, and wild canids.
Canine parvovirus is resistant to changes in environmental conditions and can survive for long periods of time.
Trace amounts of feces containing parvovirus may serve as reservoirs of infection and the virus is readily transmitted from place to place on the hair or feet of dogs or via contaminated cages, shoes, or other objects.
www.avma.org /communications/brochures/canine_parvo/parvo_brochure.asp   (706 words)

  
  Welcome to Mission MedVet
Parvovirus works by temporarily destroying the lining of the intestinal tract so that very little or no food or liquid can be absorbed.
Parvovirus is known clinically as canine parvovirus type 2.
Parvovirus is transmitted when a dog ingests the feces of another dog that has the infection and is shedding the virus in its feces.
www.missionmedvet.com /encyclopedia/parvovirus.htm   (1043 words)

  
 Canine parvovirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canine parvovirus cannot be spread to species outside of the canid family and other carnivores, but it can be spread by them (for example, a bird comes in contact with feces and then the dog's environment, or a cat goes to the groomers and returns with an exposed petcarrier).
"VP2 gene of a canine parvovirus isolate from stool of a puppy".
Canine Parvovirus Information-The Evolution of the Canine Parvovirus
www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canine_parvovirus   (2304 words)

  
 Parvovirus: Serious Diarrhea in Puppies & Dogs
Canine parvovirus disease is currently the most common infectious disorder of dogs in the United States.
The primary cause of failure of canine parvovirus vaccines is an interfering level of maternal antibody against the parvovirus.
The primary cause of failure of canine parvovirus vaccines is an interfering level of maternal antibody against the canine parvovirus.
www.peteducation.com /article.cfm?cls=2&cat=1556&articleid=467   (1508 words)

  
 Parvo FAQs
Parvovirus is probably the most common viral illness of dogs at the present time.
Parvovirus is characterized by severe, bloody diarrhea and vomiting, high fever and lethargy.
Rest assured that parvovirus is specific to dogs alone and cannot be transmitted to humans or other pets of a different species, such as cats.
www.workingdogs.com /parvofaq.htm   (1725 words)

  
 Canine Diseases
Canine distemper virus is an RNA virus from the morbillivirus family.
Canine parvovirus is resistant to changes in environmental conditions and can survive for long periods of time.
Canine coronavirus is passed on when a susceptible dog or puppy ingests feces from a dog that has the virus.
www.njdogtraining.com /canine_diseases.htm   (5068 words)

  
 Canine parvovirus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a contagious virus affecting dogs.
Canine parvovirus cannot be spread to species outside of the canid family, but it can be spread by them.
Canine Parvovirus Information-The Evolution of the Canine Parvovirus
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canine_parvovirus   (796 words)

  
 Free Essay Canine Parvovirus - Common Dog Virus
Canine parvovirus is one of the most common and most contagious viruses in the United States today.
Feline parvovirus appeared before canine parvovirus, and it is believed that feline parvovirus is a variant of canine parvovirus.
Canine parvovirus is known to survive on basically any object such as clothing, shoes, furniture, carpet, and many other objects that the infected dog comes in contact with.
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 CDC - Feline Host Range of Canine parvovirus: Recent Emergence of New Antigenic Types in Cats
Two dominant neutralizing antigenic determinants of canine parvovirus are found on the threefold spike of the virus capsid.
Canine parvovirus disease: experimental reproduction of the enteric form with a parovirus isolated from a case of myocarditis.
Canine and feline host ranges of canine parvovirus and feline panleukopenia virus: distinct host cell tropisms of each virus in vitro and in vivo.
www.cdc.gov /ncidod/eid/vol8no4/01-0228.htm   (4339 words)

  
 Canine Parvovirus Infection: Infections in puppies
Parvovirus is a highly infectious, potentially life-threatening disease that affects puppies and dogs, and is transmitted readily through contact with feces and vomit.
Parvovirus infection is transmitted readily through direct contact with the feces and vomit of other infected animals, and indirectly through contact with surfaces contaminated with feces or vomit.
Parvovirus is resistant to a number of commonly used disinfectants, and may survive for a period of time on contaminated surfaces.
microbiology.suite101.com /article.cfm/canine_parvovirus_infection   (655 words)

  
 Parvoguard for Canine Parvovirus(Parvo)
Parvovirus is caused by a highly contagious virus that is transmitted mostly by dogs.
These are the locations where the parvovirus migrates to and when it infects these areas the lining of the intestine literally dies, the bone marrow cannot make red or white blood cells in adequate quantity and the immune system can become impaired.
Most people assume that the parvovirus is what is deadly to the dog, but it is the dehydration and hypoglycemic from not eating that causes death.
www.yesyoucandietinc.com /parvoguard_parvovirus.htm   (1504 words)

  
 Lane County News: Canine Parvovirus Detected and Contained at LCARA   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Canine parvovirus was recently detected at Lane County Animal Regulation Authority and has been contained after officials isolated all possibly exposed dogs and sanitized the entire kennel area.
Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious virus that attacks the gastrointestinal tract of canines.
Canine parvovirus can survive for long periods of time and can be transmitted from place to place on the hair or feet of dogs or by contaminated cages, shoes and other objects.
www.co.lane.or.us /News/News_2005/Release_23605.htm   (415 words)

  
 Canine Parvovirus
There is a certain parvovirus that infects the human species, there is another type of parvovirus that attacks pigs, and still another type of parvovirus that infects cats.
The nucleic acid of the parvovirus is the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).
This particular canine parvovirus is capable of attacking newborn puppies, but was found to be ineffectual against adult dogs.
www.b19virus.com /canine-parvovirus.html   (502 words)

  
 Canine parvovirus vaccination: safety and efficacy
Canine parvovirus-2 (CPV-2) is the term applied to a highly pathogenic parvovirus that was first isolated at the Institute in 1978.
Canine parvovirus-2 is grown in canine or feline cell cultures.
In contrast to the foregoing experience, live parvovirus vaccines have been safely given, often in combination with other viruses, to millions of dogs since the vaccines were first licensed in the early 1980s.
www.spinone.com /newsletters/V04N1/p09b.htm   (2423 words)

  
 Diagnosis of Canine Parvovirus - VeterinaryPartner.com - a VIN company!
Recall that one of the first actions of the canine parvovirus is to inhibit white blood cell division in the bone marrow.
Because parvovirus infected puppies have frequently received vaccinations in their recent past and are frequently too young to generate their own antibodies (which is how vaccinated puppies get infected in the first place), these test results are difficult to interpret.
Parvovirus lesions in the GI tract are of a classical appearance.
www.veterinarypartner.com /Content.plx?P=A&C=&A=582&SourceID=   (733 words)

  
 Canine Parvovirus (CPV) ~ Pawprints and Purrs, Inc.
Canine parvovirus (CPV) infection is a relatively new disease that struck the canine population in 1978.
It has been speculated that the canine virus is a mutation of the feline virus.
Occasionally a dog will have parvovirus but test negative for virus in the stool; fortunately, this is not a common occurrence.
www.sniksnak.com /doghealth/parvovirus.html   (1056 words)

  
 Parvovirosis
Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious infection of dogs caused by a Parvovirus and characterised by sudden onset of vomiting, diarrhoea, dysentery, depression, anorexia, pyrexia, severe dehydration, leucopaenia and death.
Canine parvovirus is primarily a disease of young dogs.
Canine parvovirus can be suspected on clinical grounds in severe cases.
www.spc.int /rahs/Manual/Canine-Feline/PARVOE.HTML   (517 words)

  
 CANINE PARVOVIRUS - Chinaroad Lowchens of Australia
Trace amounts of faeces containing parvovirus may serve as reservoirs of infection and the virus is readily transmitted from place to place on the hair or feet of dogs or via contaminated cages, shoes, or other objects.
Because the canine parvovirus is not enveloped in fat the way the distemper virus is, canine parvovirus is especially hardy in the environment.
Canine parvovirus (CPV) is a member of the genus Parvovirus of the family Parvoviridae.
www.lowchensaustralia.com /health/parvo.htm   (2120 words)

  
 Canine Parvovirus
Parvovirus is resistant to extremes of temperature (i.e., it survives freezing and extreme heat) and is unharmed by detergents, alcohol, and common disinfectants.
Death from parvovirus results from dehydration, overwhelming secondary bacterial infection, blood loss from intestinal hemorrhage, or heart attack from invasion of the heart muscle by the virus.
Prevention/Control of parvovirus by sanitation measures alone is extremely difficult because the virus is such a resistant, hardy organism and because it is so easily spread.
www.cpvh.com /Articles/39.html   (1242 words)

  
 Canine Parvovirus Article From AllergicPet.com
Dog parvovirus (CPV) infection is a relatively new disease that appeared for the first time in dogs in 1978.
Therefore, it has been speculated that the canine virus is a mutation of the feline virus.
It is important that chlorine bleach be used because most disinfectants, even those claiming to be effective against viruses, will not kill the canine parvovirus.
www.allergicpet.com /articles/canine_parvovirus.html   (1056 words)

  
 Poodle-oo > Print > Canine Parvovirus
Canine Parvovirus is a viral disease that attacks dogs and when left untreated, kills them within days, usually due to dehydration and its side effects.
You should vaccinate pregnant broodies with a killed parvovirus vaccine either before mating, or 2 weeks before her puppies are born.
Freezing protects parvovirus cells, so if the ground is snowbound in winter, it may be at least 2 years before it is safe to allow puppies on it again.
www.poodle-oo.com /2005/12/21/canine-parvovirus/print   (581 words)

  
 Pet Care Library: Parvovirus Infection in Dogs
Canine parvovirus (CPV) infection (sometimes called "parvo") is a relatively new disease that struck the canine population in 1978.
Canine parvovirus has been reported to exist in approximately 50 different countries.
Occasionally, a dog will have parvovirus but test negative for virus in the stool; fortunately, this is not a common occurrence.
www.aztecanimalclinic.com /parvo.htm   (1028 words)

  
 Canine Parvovirus & Toxoplasmosis in Dog
It is actually a similar virus, although not identical, to the pathogenic agent of a cat disease, panleucopenia.
If he has noticed any signs of parvovirus in the checkups, a vaccine is recommended.
Canine Toxoplasmosis: According to the latest information, we know that toxoplasmosis does not transmit from dogs to adult humans.
www.seefido.com /html/canine_parvovirus.htm   (283 words)

  
 Information about Canine Parvovirus
Canine parvovirus is an ongoing issue in the Northern Virginia region.
Parvovirus is a highly contagious and serious disease that attacks the gastrointestinal tract of puppies and dogs.
Vaccination against parvovirus is usually done around four months of age, and adult dogs whose vaccines are current have little to no risk of contracting the virus.
www.loudoun.gov /animals/parvo.htm   (488 words)

  
 Parvovirus In Dogs - Parvo In Your Dog   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Canine parvovirus is the most common serious infectious disease of dogs in the United States.
Parvovirus disease is remarkable in that symptoms can vary from none at all to a fatal disease.
Parvovirus is still a major threat to dogs in the United States and a common cause of mortality in puppies.
www.2ndchance.info /parvo.htm   (1202 words)

  
 Dog Articles: Canine ParvoVirus - Parvo-Virus Canine Infection
Canine parvovirus (CPV) infection is a relatively new disease that appeared in 1978.
This is best accomplished by cleaning food bowls, water bowls, and other contaminated items with a solution of one cup of chlorine bleach in a gallon of water (4 to 8 ounces of bleach in a gallon of water OR 250 mL in 4 liters of water).
It is important that chlorine bleach be used because most "virucidal" disinfectants will not kill the canine parvovirus.
www.scottish-kennels.com /parvo-virus.html   (1084 words)

  
 Canine Parvovirus - prevention,treatment   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Canine Parvovirus is everywhere in the environment just waiting for your puppy.
She notes that the virus is shed in the feces of an infected dog.
In order to ensure that a puppy is adequately protected against parvovirus, no matter when its mom's antibodies begin to wear off, it needs to be vaccinated every three weeks starting at about 8 weeks, until it is 20-22 weeks old.
www.dog-tracker.com /tips/tips103.html   (605 words)

  
 Recomended Vacinnation Schedule
The canine parvovirus can be transmitted by direct contact or indirectly by contact with vomit, diarrhea or any contaminated discharges from an infected dog.
The reports of the AVMA and the AAHA canine vaccine task force have listed the first three vaccines as not generally recommended, because ‘the diseases are either of little clinical significance or respond readily to treatment’, evidence for efficacy of these vaccines is minimal, and they may ‘produce adverse events with limited benefit’.
The percentage of vaccinated animals protected from clinical disease after challenge with canine distemper virus, canine parvovirus and canine adenovirus in the present study was greater than 95%.
spear-barkennels.com /Dog_Diseases.php   (4561 words)

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