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carmen in nj · 08-07-2012, 05:27 AM

Very good information on Parvo virus. A MUST READ...
From Revival Animal.
Parvo - Never Give Up by Revival Animal Health

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Parvo – Never Give Up!

http://www.revivalanimal.com/Shared/...s/parvopup.jpg Whether you are breeding dogs or rescuing them, we always talk about Parvovirus because we have long known the impact of the virus on our puppies’ health. If they contract the disease, it can be weeks before the puppy has recovered enough to move to a new home. Parvo causes more dollar loss than any other disease in kennels and rescues.

Parvovirus enteritis starts abruptly with anorexia and depression. It quickly progresses to vomiting and then diarrhea, if they do not die before that point. If a puppy is vomiting hard, it will often have little diarrhea until later in the course of the disease. Any dog with depression and GI signs should be considered to have Parvo, until it is proven to be something else. Delay in treatment results in death.

In 2006, Oklahoma State diagnosed Parvovirus 2c in the United States. The 2c strain is very aggressive, leaving puppies so extremely sick that they often don't want to raise their head, or just die quickly with few signs. As one breeder put it, the puppies have the “want to die” look that reminds you of the original Parvo. 2C Parvo is very quick incubation with exposure to clinical signs as quick as 3-4 days.

Where Did We Get Parvo:

The original Parvo crossed from cat Panleukopenia (a Parvo virus) and affected the gut of dogs. We had Parvo in dogs that caused little issues so this new diarrhea Parvo was named Parvo 2, affecting only dogs. The newer strains of Parvo, including 2A & B, reproduced in wildlife and cats, but still preferred canines. 2c Parvo will readily go back and forth to wildlife and cats where it reproduces and spreads. That gives the new strains a competitive advantage and keeps the wild virus in the environment.

Vaccine Timing is Critical:

We can’t avoid Parvo in the kennel. But we can keep the immunity higher than the wild virus and then we don’t see the disease! You do that with vaccine timing and keeping the wild virus low with disinfection. Your goal is protection from puppy loss. Evaluate the Parvo vaccine and disinfection protocol you are using and decide if you are positioned to prevent all Parvo strains.
Start vaccination early and be sure to give two Parvo vaccines, two weeks apart, one week before your puppies leave the kennel.
Rescue and humane kennels should strive to get Parvo and distemper in the dog before they breathe the kennel air. Timing is that important!
Keep your cats vaccinated in the kennel and avoid the issue. If the cat is vaccinated for feline distemper, Panleukopenia, they cannot get Canine Parvovirus.
Disinfect For Success:

Disinfectant contact time to kill the virus is important – some are 20 minutes and not practical. Trifectant®, Virkon and OXINE® work in seconds. I no longer use Bleach around puppies, as it is one that was implicated in Fading Puppy Syndrome along with the Quaternary ammonia family of disinfectants (Roccal). Puppy’s skin is translucent and they absorb disinfectant quickly and can become toxic – they fade out. Trifectant® or Virkon – same thing. They penetrate organic matter and get the virus. This is the one I use to spray gravel runs once a week.
OXINE® is excellent as well and penetrates. You have to mix two products together and that is one extra step. OXINE is used in the food industry. I fog with OXINE in Pet shops targeting respiratory viruses. – Fogging is an excellent tool for managing a kennel cough outbreak!
Bleach is excellent, but you have to be an excellent cleaner as it will not penetrate. If you have smeared diarrhea or virus under smeared oil (Puppy food is high fat), Bleach will sterilize the surface but not the virus under it.
Use Health Guard™ in the laundry to protect the washer, yet get the Parvo virus out of towels.
Treatment:

If they get Parvo, the puppy dehydrates quickly. They are very painful from cramping and because Parvo wipes out the lining of the gut, many bacteria are absorbed. White Blood Cell numbers are suppressed so they have little fight as well. The treatment is straight forward. Fluids and lots of them. I like Saline and add 50 cc of 50% Dextrose to get a 5% Dextrose solution. You will keep the glucose up and hydrate. I start with 5 ml/pound/twice a day and add any time I see diarrhea stool. Don’t forget to add the diarrhea loss on top of the 5 ml/lb – most forget this one. 2 Tablespoons of diarrhea needs 30 cc of fluid to replace.
Antibiotic to handle the absorbed bacteria and immune suppression. I prefer Tylan® as it is effective and helps with the cramping. Don’t use Lincocin or Gentocin in babies that are dehydrated or you will damage the kidneys!
Slow and stop the vomiting. I prefer Reglan, but several other products are also effective.
Early feeding is very helpful in the recovery. As soon as puppies can handle it, start them on high fat/Protein food. Do not use high carbohydrates or you get Clostridium overgrowth and sudden death. Many use all meat baby food or Royal Canine Recovery diet.
Keep them comfortable, disinfect around them, and provide lots of paper to remove any diarrhea stool when it happens.

Never Give Up:

When Parvo happens you have to get aggressive as we now have millions of Parvo virus in the kennel. Disinfect with Trifectant® or OXINE® – they penetrate cracks and kill the virus. Use Health Guard™ in laundry.
Move vaccine to 4-6-8 weeks starting with Parvo only vaccine at 4-6 weeks.
Every litter over 4 weeks and over 1 lb should be vaccinated immediately and booster given in two weeks.
Put oral electrolytes (RE-SORB®) in front of all puppies from weaning to 8 weeks. We do this for 30 days.
Re-evaluate every week and stay aggressive for 90 days. It takes 90 days before we can breathe easily that we have Parvo under control.

Stay aggressive with your vaccine program! Keep wild virus numbers low, immunity high in your kennel, and never give Parvo a place to live!

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Yorkiemom1 · 08-07-2012, 07:21 AM

Thank you Carmen for posting this....thank God, after MY disasterous encounter with this horrific disease 8 years ago, I completely changed EVERYTHING I was doing, (and it seems to be in lock step with everything in the article) including a total change in all disinfectant and cleaning, and sterilizing, as well as my kennel is now a closed kennel and I do NOT allow visitors onto my property to see puppies until after the babies have one dose of Neopar on board,as well as 2 puppy shots....and then, it is almost like a hazmat team comes to visit!!! I used to scrub everything in my home and kennel with bleach, thinking I was doing such a good job...that is why I cringe when I see people advocating the use of bleach to kill parvo virus...it does NOT work!!! You must use Virkon which is an immediate kill to the virus on contact and does NOT harm the animals. I spray every area any dog walks or comes in contact with on my property, with Virkon once a week...and once a month, floors, walls, all crates and carriers and kennels are sprayed and scrubbed with Virkon....all feeding utensiles are washed with Virkon and then rinsed in sterilizing diswasher daily....anyone that comes to my home walks on throw rugs spayed with Virkon. (Virkon is the solution that was used at air ports and ports of entry to the United States,when mad cow disease initially broke out in Europe....upon re-entering the USA, everyone had to walk thru pans of the solution.) The only thing mentioned in the article that I have not incorporated into my cleaning regieme, is the use of the "Health Gard" solution for washing bedding and towels....I will immediately read this and incorporate this also!!! My experience with Parvo,the vet bills alone, to save 5 puppies, was in excess of $18,000.00....the TOTAL cost in replacment of every article those babies had come in contact with, having my home remediated and "sterilized" as well as the kennel and all the yard areas, plus ceasing breeding for almost 2 years, was in excess of $28,000.00. I now spare NO expense in my fight against this disease on my property or anywhere my dogs run and play on this property or in my home. People may think I am OCD about Parvo, but it is horrific and is a force to be sternly and unrelentlessly reckoned with!

LunasMomma · 08-07-2012, 01:16 PM

Great info!

KendraE · 08-09-2012, 12:12 PM

Great info! i hope I never have to battle with Parvo again! Once in a lifetime is too many times!

gasmodesto · 03-06-2013, 08:39 AM

Yorkiemom, where do you get the Virkon and Health Gard?

carmen in nj · 03-06-2013, 08:46 AM

here's where I buy mine..
Virkon S Dupont (Equipment Supplies - Miscellaneous - Disinfectants)

carmen in nj · 03-06-2013, 08:51 AM

and Health guard..
Health Guard™ Laundry Additive & Disinfectant | Revival Animal Health

rubymoon2072 · 03-06-2013, 09:16 AM

wow im thankful not to have encounter this thus far...thanks for the info though carmen very insightful.

Yorkiedaze · 03-06-2013, 09:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Yorkiemom1

Thank you Carmen for posting this....thank God, after MY disasterous encounter with this horrific disease 8 years ago, I completely changed EVERYTHING I was doing, (and it seems to be in lock step with everything in the article) including a total change in all disinfectant and cleaning, and sterilizing, as well as my kennel is now a closed kennel and I do NOT allow visitors onto my property to see puppies until after the babies have one dose of Neopar on board,as well as 2 puppy shots....and then, it is almost like a hazmat team comes to visit!!! I used to scrub everything in my home and kennel with bleach, thinking I was doing such a good job...that is why I cringe when I see people advocating the use of bleach to kill parvo virus...it does NOT work!!! You must use Virkon which is an immediate kill to the virus on contact and does NOT harm the animals. I spray every area any dog walks or comes in contact with on my property, with Virkon once a week...and once a month, floors, walls, all crates and carriers and kennels are sprayed and scrubbed with Virkon....all feeding utensiles are washed with Virkon and then rinsed in sterilizing diswasher daily....anyone that comes to my home walks on throw rugs spayed with Virkon. (Virkon is the solution that was used at air ports and ports of entry to the United States,when mad cow disease initially broke out in Europe....upon re-entering the USA, everyone had to walk thru pans of the solution.) The only thing mentioned in the article that I have not incorporated into my cleaning regieme, is the use of the "Health Gard" solution for washing bedding and towels....I will immediately read this and incorporate this also!!! My experience with Parvo,the vet bills alone, to save 5 puppies, was in excess of $18,000.00....the TOTAL cost in replacment of every article those babies had come in contact with, having my home remediated and "sterilized" as well as the kennel and all the yard areas, plus ceasing breeding for almost 2 years, was in excess of $28,000.00. I now spare NO expense in my fight against this disease on my property or anywhere my dogs run and play on this property or in my home. People may think I am OCD about Parvo, but it is horrific and is a force to be sternly and unrelentlessly reckoned with!

Just wondering if you go thru all the cleaning that often if you only have adult dogs that have current parvo vaccine shots. Do you still have a breeding kennel? I'm wondering if I should start such and intense program of cleaning with Virkon. I only have adult Yorkies.

carmen in nj · 03-06-2013, 09:43 AM

Even when I don't have puppies I still clean everything with Virkon weekly, my dogs go out for walks, and other people come and go from my home, so I am always in the guard, that way i am sure is nothing in my home when puppies arrive.

i am sure Judy does the same..
hugs,

Yorkiemom1 · 03-06-2013, 12:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by carmen in nj

Even when I don't have puppies I still clean everything with Virkon weekly, my dogs go out for walks, and other people come and go from my home, so I am always in the guard, that way i am sure is nothing in my home when puppies arrive.

i am sure Judy does the same..
hugs,

ABSOLUTELY! I only have 3-4 litters/year, and I still clean like a maniac, each week! The only thing I was not doing was adding that Health-Gard to the laundry for washing all bedding and towels....so I am grateful for Carmen for that info way back when we discussed this ....I go thru gallons of Virkon monthly....thank God, Ihave not had that horrific event happen again! I also added vaccinating my females with Neo-Par before they are bred and the puppies get a shot of Neo-Par when they are 3 weeks old. Neo-Par over-rides mothers immunities and provides EXTRA SUPER protection against parvo. When I had that first event with parvo, it was in spite of all my dogs being vaccinated against Parvo!

carmen in nj · 03-06-2013, 02:07 PM

I clean weekly like a maniac, LOL , I just encounter a new breeder with the is not going to happen to me attitude, and I think I went bulistic on her, because I can't beleive anyone risking their litter because they have not encounter parvo or anything else, I wish everyone understand the high mortality of parvo specially on newborn babies..
hugs,

08-07-2012, 05:27 AM	#1
carmen in nj Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hopatcong, NJ, USA Posts: 4,615 Blog Entries: 74	Very Good Article on Parvo.. MUST READ.. Very good information on Parvo virus. A MUST READ... From Revival Animal. Parvo - Never Give Up by Revival Animal Health Printer Friendly Version (PDF) Parvo – Never Give Up! http://www.revivalanimal.com/Shared/...s/parvopup.jpg Whether you are breeding dogs or rescuing them, we always talk about Parvovirus because we have long known the impact of the virus on our puppies’ health. If they contract the disease, it can be weeks before the puppy has recovered enough to move to a new home. Parvo causes more dollar loss than any other disease in kennels and rescues. Parvovirus enteritis starts abruptly with anorexia and depression. It quickly progresses to vomiting and then diarrhea, if they do not die before that point. If a puppy is vomiting hard, it will often have little diarrhea until later in the course of the disease. Any dog with depression and GI signs should be considered to have Parvo, until it is proven to be something else. Delay in treatment results in death. In 2006, Oklahoma State diagnosed Parvovirus 2c in the United States. The 2c strain is very aggressive, leaving puppies so extremely sick that they often don't want to raise their head, or just die quickly with few signs. As one breeder put it, the puppies have the “want to die” look that reminds you of the original Parvo. 2C Parvo is very quick incubation with exposure to clinical signs as quick as 3-4 days. Where Did We Get Parvo: The original Parvo crossed from cat Panleukopenia (a Parvo virus) and affected the gut of dogs. We had Parvo in dogs that caused little issues so this new diarrhea Parvo was named Parvo 2, affecting only dogs. The newer strains of Parvo, including 2A & B, reproduced in wildlife and cats, but still preferred canines. 2c Parvo will readily go back and forth to wildlife and cats where it reproduces and spreads. That gives the new strains a competitive advantage and keeps the wild virus in the environment. Vaccine Timing is Critical: We can’t avoid Parvo in the kennel. But we can keep the immunity higher than the wild virus and then we don’t see the disease! You do that with vaccine timing and keeping the wild virus low with disinfection. Your goal is protection from puppy loss. Evaluate the Parvo vaccine and disinfection protocol you are using and decide if you are positioned to prevent all Parvo strains. Start vaccination early and be sure to give two Parvo vaccines, two weeks apart, one week before your puppies leave the kennel. Rescue and humane kennels should strive to get Parvo and distemper in the dog before they breathe the kennel air. Timing is that important! Keep your cats vaccinated in the kennel and avoid the issue. If the cat is vaccinated for feline distemper, Panleukopenia, they cannot get Canine Parvovirus. Disinfect For Success: Disinfectant contact time to kill the virus is important – some are 20 minutes and not practical. Trifectant®, Virkon and OXINE® work in seconds. I no longer use Bleach around puppies, as it is one that was implicated in Fading Puppy Syndrome along with the Quaternary ammonia family of disinfectants (Roccal). Puppy’s skin is translucent and they absorb disinfectant quickly and can become toxic – they fade out. Trifectant® or Virkon – same thing. They penetrate organic matter and get the virus. This is the one I use to spray gravel runs once a week. OXINE® is excellent as well and penetrates. You have to mix two products together and that is one extra step. OXINE is used in the food industry. I fog with OXINE in Pet shops targeting respiratory viruses. – Fogging is an excellent tool for managing a kennel cough outbreak! Bleach is excellent, but you have to be an excellent cleaner as it will not penetrate. If you have smeared diarrhea or virus under smeared oil (Puppy food is high fat), Bleach will sterilize the surface but not the virus under it. Use Health Guard™ in the laundry to protect the washer, yet get the Parvo virus out of towels. Treatment: If they get Parvo, the puppy dehydrates quickly. They are very painful from cramping and because Parvo wipes out the lining of the gut, many bacteria are absorbed. White Blood Cell numbers are suppressed so they have little fight as well. The treatment is straight forward. Fluids and lots of them. I like Saline and add 50 cc of 50% Dextrose to get a 5% Dextrose solution. You will keep the glucose up and hydrate. I start with 5 ml/pound/twice a day and add any time I see diarrhea stool. Don’t forget to add the diarrhea loss on top of the 5 ml/lb – most forget this one. 2 Tablespoons of diarrhea needs 30 cc of fluid to replace. Antibiotic to handle the absorbed bacteria and immune suppression. I prefer Tylan® as it is effective and helps with the cramping. Don’t use Lincocin or Gentocin in babies that are dehydrated or you will damage the kidneys! Slow and stop the vomiting. I prefer Reglan, but several other products are also effective. Early feeding is very helpful in the recovery. As soon as puppies can handle it, start them on high fat/Protein food. Do not use high carbohydrates or you get Clostridium overgrowth and sudden death. Many use all meat baby food or Royal Canine Recovery diet. Keep them comfortable, disinfect around them, and provide lots of paper to remove any diarrhea stool when it happens. Never Give Up: When Parvo happens you have to get aggressive as we now have millions of Parvo virus in the kennel. Disinfect with Trifectant® or OXINE® – they penetrate cracks and kill the virus. Use Health Guard™ in laundry. Move vaccine to 4-6-8 weeks starting with Parvo only vaccine at 4-6 weeks. Every litter over 4 weeks and over 1 lb should be vaccinated immediately and booster given in two weeks. Put oral electrolytes (RE-SORB®) in front of all puppies from weaning to 8 weeks. We do this for 30 days. Re-evaluate every week and stay aggressive for 90 days. It takes 90 days before we can breathe easily that we have Parvo under control. Stay aggressive with your vaccine program! Keep wild virus numbers low, immunity high in your kennel, and never give Parvo a place to live! Printer Friendly Version (PDF) The materials, information and answers provided through this website are not intended to replace the medical advice or services of a qualified veterinarian or other pet health care professional. Consult your own veterinarian for answers to specific medical questions, including diagnosis, treatment, therapy or medical attention. Return to Articles __________________ My Etsy shop is OPEN... Carmen in nj

08-07-2012, 01:16 PM	#3
LunasMomma Izzy's Momma Too! Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Stuart, Florida Posts: 8,799	Great info! __________________ Tracy, Mom to Izzy and Luna

08-09-2012, 12:12 PM	#4
KendraE Hook Em! Bevo & Mack Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 3,752	Great info! i hope I never have to battle with Parvo again! Once in a lifetime is too many times! __________________ Kendra Bevo and Mack & grandpups Bryleigh and Jaxon

03-06-2013, 08:46 AM	#6
carmen in nj Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hopatcong, NJ, USA Posts: 4,615 Blog Entries: 74	here's where I buy mine.. Virkon S Dupont (Equipment Supplies - Miscellaneous - Disinfectants) __________________ My Etsy shop is OPEN... Carmen in nj

03-06-2013, 08:51 AM	#7
carmen in nj Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hopatcong, NJ, USA Posts: 4,615 Blog Entries: 74	and Health guard.. Health Guard™ Laundry Additive & Disinfectant \| Revival Animal Health __________________ My Etsy shop is OPEN... Carmen in nj

08-07-2012, 07:21 AM	#2
Yorkiemom1 Rosehill Yorkies Donating YT Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Houston Texas Posts: 9,462	Thank you Carmen for posting this....thank God, after MY disasterous encounter with this horrific disease 8 years ago, I completely changed EVERYTHING I was doing, (and it seems to be in lock step with everything in the article) including a total change in all disinfectant and cleaning, and sterilizing, as well as my kennel is now a closed kennel and I do NOT allow visitors onto my property to see puppies until after the babies have one dose of Neopar on board,as well as 2 puppy shots....and then, it is almost like a hazmat team comes to visit!!! I used to scrub everything in my home and kennel with bleach, thinking I was doing such a good job...that is why I cringe when I see people advocating the use of bleach to kill parvo virus...it does NOT work!!! You must use Virkon which is an immediate kill to the virus on contact and does NOT harm the animals. I spray every area any dog walks or comes in contact with on my property, with Virkon once a week...and once a month, floors, walls, all crates and carriers and kennels are sprayed and scrubbed with Virkon....all feeding utensiles are washed with Virkon and then rinsed in sterilizing diswasher daily....anyone that comes to my home walks on throw rugs spayed with Virkon. (Virkon is the solution that was used at air ports and ports of entry to the United States,when mad cow disease initially broke out in Europe....upon re-entering the USA, everyone had to walk thru pans of the solution.) The only thing mentioned in the article that I have not incorporated into my cleaning regieme, is the use of the "Health Gard" solution for washing bedding and towels....I will immediately read this and incorporate this also!!! My experience with Parvo,the vet bills alone, to save 5 puppies, was in excess of $18,000.00....the TOTAL cost in replacment of every article those babies had come in contact with, having my home remediated and "sterilized" as well as the kennel and all the yard areas, plus ceasing breeding for almost 2 years, was in excess of $28,000.00. I now spare NO expense in my fight against this disease on my property or anywhere my dogs run and play on this property or in my home. People may think I am OCD about Parvo, but it is horrific and is a force to be sternly and unrelentlessly reckoned with!

03-06-2013, 08:39 AM	#5
gasmodesto Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Riverbank, Ca, USA Posts: 39	Yorkiemom, where do you get the Virkon and Health Gard?

03-06-2013, 09:16 AM	#8
rubymoon2072 Cedric♥Lola♥Keylo Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Gilford, NH, USA Posts: 9,209	wow im thankful not to have encounter this thus far...thanks for the info though carmen very insightful. __________________ Cedric N Lola N Keylo RIP Punkee Princess

03-06-2013, 09:43 AM	#10
carmen in nj Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hopatcong, NJ, USA Posts: 4,615 Blog Entries: 74	Even when I don't have puppies I still clean everything with Virkon weekly, my dogs go out for walks, and other people come and go from my home, so I am always in the guard, that way i am sure is nothing in my home when puppies arrive. i am sure Judy does the same.. hugs, __________________ My Etsy shop is OPEN... Carmen in nj

03-06-2013, 02:07 PM	#12
carmen in nj Donating YT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Hopatcong, NJ, USA Posts: 4,615 Blog Entries: 74	I clean weekly like a maniac, LOL , I just encounter a new breeder with the is not going to happen to me attitude, and I think I went bulistic on her, because I can't beleive anyone risking their litter because they have not encounter parvo or anything else, I wish everyone understand the high mortality of parvo specially on newborn babies.. hugs, __________________ My Etsy shop is OPEN... Carmen in nj