Essay On Parvovirus

Introduction
Canine Parvovirus: The Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatments

Canine Parvovirus is more commonly referred to as parvo, and more scientifically known as CPV-2, is “ a highly contagious viral disease of the canine family. It mainly affects only the canine family, but can infect foxes, bears, and even cats. This disease is characterized by vomiting, haemorrhagic diarrhoea, depression, and, in severe cases, death. This disease has three different strains of the virus(2a, 2b, and 2c strains) and the infection is resistant to extremely high and extremely low temperatures and is resistant to most household cleaners. It can last in the ground for any length of time, up to twenty years. Parvo is an easily transmitted disease that can transmitted through any infected object such as collars, kennels, human clothes, contact with contaminated excrement, or even just being in a place where an infected dog had resided previously. Canine Parvovirus is a severe viral infection that attacks the gastrointestinal tract of canines. It often results in death without the proper treatment; however, researchers do suggest that a more beneficial treatment is on the horizon.

Brief History of the Canine Parvovirus

The Canine Parvovirus first emerged in Europe sometime around 1976, and two years later caused a full on outbreak among the
However, we as a country do not really have an amazing treatment that will fix these dogs super fast. These same researchers also noted that the best way to treat and manage CPV is through the use of fluid therapy which is used to “treat dehydration, reestablish effective circulating blood volume, as well as correct electrolyte and acid-base disturbances”(1046). This is really the only known treatment that we currently have for