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The Kennel Club have released a statement that a dog at the TAG Easter Agility Competition on 6-9 April 2012 at the West Midland Showground, Gravel Hill Lane, Shrewsbury for the Derbyshire Agility Club has been diagnosed with parvo.
http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/item/4258/23/5/3. Dogs attending this event were also attending the Easter Celebration at Ardingly in West Sussex that weekend. If you or anyone you know have attended these events please be aware of this if your dog starts to show symptoms and get them straight to the vets.
Since then other cases have been confirmed in Lighthorne Heath, near J12 of the M40 in South Warwickshire and Nr Abergavenny in South Wales.
This is the thread in case you would like to check for any more updates or other affected areas;
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Parvo is contracted through infected faeces of affected dogs. The symptoms usually begin showing after 3 – 10 days of infection. The most obvious symptom is yellow or foul smelling, bloody diarrhea. This is accompanied by extreme lethargy, a lack of appetite, vomiting - particularly frothy bile or clear foam, high fever, dehydration and a general look of sickness or depression. They can also have very rapid weight loss as the disease affects digestion and can prevent absorption of nutrients. There is no direct treatment for parvo, instead vets treat the symptoms that show in a bid to keep the dog alive long enough for it's own immune system to fight off the virus. Fluids are given to treat the extreme dehydration from vomiting and diarrhea. Antibiotics are given to treat any bacterial infections that arise as the virus causes extreme damage to the intestines allowing bacteria that lives there to easily pass through to the blood stream. Anti-nausea drugs are also given to make the dog feel more comfortable. Due to the intestinal damage none of this can be give orally so it must be administered either via injection or the fluid drip.
If you suspect Parvo call the vets to tell them your coming and get in the car.
