Talk:Canine parvovirus/Archive 1

Personal Experiences with Canine parvovirus
My dog, Daisy (b. January 1998, d. May 1998), died of intestinal canine parvovirus. She had diarrhea and vomiting for about half a week, when we took her to the vet, it was too late, she died in the car. Fortunately, my other dog, Lucy (b. May 25, 2004), doesn't have K9-parvo.San Antonio Guy 01:46, 12 May 2006 (UTC)

my poor little doggie has the parvovirus, she is 9weeks old and has had it now for about 6 days, she is in the doggy hospital on iv's. I really hope she gets better, the doc says that if she does not get better in a couple more days we should put her down, but I would rather bring her home and take care of her here.

Yeah, I picked up a puppy off of the street in Ecuador and next thing I know it has Parvovirus. I tried to save it by having it on IVs and medicine, but it still died. :( Saritamackita (talk) 06:06, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

I have two daughters, 3 and 4, so this was going to be their first experience with a pet. We picked out a skinny all ears and legs Doberman pincher/lab mix named him Diego and brought him home with the high hopes. Within 2 days all he did was lay around and diarrhea all the time. I called the vet, took him in and sure enough he had parvo. What a way to teach a child a lesson(was going to be about responsibility, not death). 2 weeks later and Diego staying 24/7 at the vet with an IV in his leg and antibiotics being poured into him, somehow the little guy pulled through. Four times I went to the vets to sign papers to euthenize him, and every time I cried even more thinking what if he is going to turn around tomorrow, and every time I would leave with the vet saying "I can give him a few more hours, but this is probably the longest I have seen a dog go with this disease" He got down to 12 lbs, but fortunately he is now around 30. We are one lucky family and he is one lucky pup.

August 13,2008 We have now had our new puppy "Tipsie" for 5 days. When we first got her she was overwhelmed with love and happiness. Unfortunatley for the last 2 days she has been really sick: vomiting, diaherrea, and no appetite. I thought it was seperation from her parents and gave her extra attention. Then today I decided to take her to the vet where she was diagnoised with parvo. I decided to admit her in the hospital and pray for a miracle. She is a 8 week old yorkie weighing 1.9 lbs. This is a serious disease, but I believe she will pull thru. August 19,2008 updating my blog: My puppie "Tipsie" is still in the hospital fighting this disease. We are praying and she is a fighter. August 20, 2008, "Tipsie" passed. This is a terrible disease and has taken several wounderful animals.

Question
Does anyone know if a puppy who had vaccines at 6 8 and 10 weeks,,was possilby exposed to parvo at 10weeks, then comes down with the parvo virus at 6 months old....I guess I'm asking if this virus is a latent virus....one that can have it, but not start showing the symptoms even after that amount of time....or is it just that this puppy has gotten the virus at 6 months old from being exposed to it from somewhere else.? Is it possilbe to ever know if or why the vaccines didn't protect the puppy from the virus.?65.60.250.182 (talk) 04:38, 9 December 2007 (UTC)August 2007
 * CPV does not cause a latent infection, but it can survive in the environment for a long time, long enough for a dog to become re-exposed. Also, maternal antibodies can last longer than ten weeks and cause vaccine failure.  --Joelmills (talk) 05:16, 9 December 2007 (UTC)

IV Fluid?
The article reads that "Treatment ideally consists of IV fluids". I have a dog recuperating from parvo who was given subcutaneous, not IV fluids. Interesting thing to watch, a needle was inserted through the skin, and big bolus of fluid was run in leaving a huge lump, which was absorbed over the course of an hour. Is this a standard treatment? If so perhaps it should be included in the article by changing the phrase to "IV or subcutaneous" fluids. I have chosen not to be bold as my ignorance of veterinary medicine is vast. Dsmdgold (talk) 00:29, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Standard of care is considered to be IV fluids. SQ fluids can be useful for mild to moderate dehydration, but for the volumes required for severe dehydration or hypovolemia as seen with a bad case of CPV, IV fluids are needed.  --Joelmills (talk) 02:25, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
 * Makes sense and matches our experience. The vet said that our dog was moderately dehydrated, and that the parvo test came back with a "weak" positive. It sounds like we were lucky. As all of this applies to the article, the treatment section of the article seems to be skewed towards treatment of severe cases. Perhaps a discussion of treatment of less severe cases would be an improvement. Dsmdgold (talk) 03:33, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

Propose a push to get this article to A status!!
I would like to propose a push to get this article to A status...!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by Benjicharlton (talk • contribs) 11:42, 27 August 2008

GA review
I have promoted the article to GA, please see my comments on the subpage. As a member of the Wiki viruses project, I have promoted it in that category too. Graham Colm Talk 19:15, 30 August 2008 (UTC)
 * PS please check the article for consistency in the variant of English used; I see a mixture of US and UK English in the article. Graham Colm Talk 21:24, 30 August 2008 (UTC)

I've also left some comments on the subpage. In addition to the comments I left, the article could use a general copyedit. Emw2012 (talk) 02:11, 31 August 2008 (UTC)