PARVO VIRUS INFORMATION
Information from Top Vets Kaitaia
Please get your puppies vaccinated!!
It is so important to get them vaccinated against the Parvo Virus as it is highly contagious in the Far North. The Parvo can survive and remain infectious in the environment for several years!
Vaccinating your puppies begins at 6 weeks, another at 9 weeks and then another at 12 weeks. After the vaccination at 12 weeks, it is done annually. Puppies ages six weeks to six months are the most susceptible to parvo. Puppies younger than six-weeks-old still retain some of their mother’s antibodies.
Protection against the Parvo virus is not achieved until 10 days after the 2nd booster shot but it is recommended to not take them out into public until after the 12 week vaccination.
Many people think if their puppies/dogs do not leave their property that they are safe. However, Parvo Virus can last in the environment for at least a year and can be transported onto your property in may ways, for example, on your shoes or on your car tyres.
What are the signs for Parvo? At first, the puppy will seem a bit off colour and off it's food. Soon vomiting starts and there is generally a marked fever at this stage. Within one to two days diarrhoea starts and this quickly progresses to watery bloody dysentery with bits of the puppy’s bowel lining in it. At this stage the puppy is very sick- dehydrated, feverish, weak and has severe tummy pain. Usually, if not treated, the pup will die of dehydration and septic shock.
If your puppy is showing these signs, please call us immediately so we can book your puppy in and prepare for the arrival of your puppy and get treatment for it as soon as possible!
Please get your puppies vaccinated!!
It is so important to get them vaccinated against the Parvo Virus as it is highly contagious in the Far North. The Parvo can survive and remain infectious in the environment for several years!
Vaccinating your puppies begins at 6 weeks, another at 9 weeks and then another at 12 weeks. After the vaccination at 12 weeks, it is done annually. Puppies ages six weeks to six months are the most susceptible to parvo. Puppies younger than six-weeks-old still retain some of their mother’s antibodies.
Protection against the Parvo virus is not achieved until 10 days after the 2nd booster shot but it is recommended to not take them out into public until after the 12 week vaccination.
Many people think if their puppies/dogs do not leave their property that they are safe. However, Parvo Virus can last in the environment for at least a year and can be transported onto your property in may ways, for example, on your shoes or on your car tyres.
What are the signs for Parvo? At first, the puppy will seem a bit off colour and off it's food. Soon vomiting starts and there is generally a marked fever at this stage. Within one to two days diarrhoea starts and this quickly progresses to watery bloody dysentery with bits of the puppy’s bowel lining in it. At this stage the puppy is very sick- dehydrated, feverish, weak and has severe tummy pain. Usually, if not treated, the pup will die of dehydration and septic shock.
If your puppy is showing these signs, please call us immediately so we can book your puppy in and prepare for the arrival of your puppy and get treatment for it as soon as possible!