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parvovirus

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parvovirus /par·vo·vi·rus/ (pahr´vo-vi″rus) any virus belonging to the family Parvoviridae.
Parvovirus /Par·vo·vi·rus/ (pahr´vo-vi″rus) parvoviruses; a genus of viruses (family Parvoviridae) infecting mammals and birds; human parvoviruses cause aplastic crisis, erythema infectiosum, hydrops fetalis, spontaneous abortion, and fetal death.
par·vo·vi·rus (pärv-vrs)
n.
Any of a group of small viruses of the genus Parvovirus that cause disease in many vertebrates, especially mammals such as dogs and cattle.

parvovirus [pahr´vo-vi″rus]
a group of extremely small, morphologically similar, ether-resistant DNA viruses, including the adeno-associated viruses.
human parvovirus B19 B19 virus.

parvovirus
a virus of the familyParvoviridae.

bovine parvovirus
commonly infects the intestinal tract of cattle, but does not cause clinical disease; called also Hadenvirus or hemadsorbing enterovirus.
canine parvovirus type 1 (CPV1)
is not associated with clinical disease. Called also minute canine virus (MCV).
canine parvovirus type 2 (CPV2)
the cause of enteritis in dogs, particularly puppies. Clinical signs include vomiting and diarrhea, often with blood, high fever, dehydration and a leukopenia. Perinatal or in utero infection may result in generalized disease or acute myocarditis. There is a high mortality rate in young puppies, but vaccines are available for prevention of the disease.
feline parvovirus
see feline panleukopenia.
porcine parvovirus
a cause of stillbirths, abortion, mummification, embryonic death and infertility in young sows (SMEDI) which become infected with a parvovirus in early gestation.


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This puts them at great risk from a wide range of diseases such as Parvovirus and Canine Distemper - technically they should not leave Thailand until they are four months old anyway.
At five weeks of age your puppy should be given the parvovirus vaccination.
The spate of deaths is thought to have been caused by canine parvovirus, a particularly virulent disease among young puppies, causing death in about 80 per cent of cases.
 
 
 
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