Parvo Outbreak in my Local Area

That is scary that you have a problem with parvo in your area.

Have people in your area been moving away from vaccinations? Just wondering.

We actually have a parvo outbreak in my county with racoons. There are parvo stricken racoons sick all over. It is heartbreaking.

Fortunately, I don't think the strain of parvo that affects the raccoons is the same one that affects dogs.
 
We have parvo here all the time. In St Paul, I have a friend with a vet clinic and he has a dog in there every week with parvo, in the summer sometimes 2 a week. They are mostly pitbulls and no they usually aren't vaccinated. His clinic is in a low income area. The population of the unvaccianated dogs in the area is high. I practice in a subburb of Minneapolis. Most people in my area are upper middle class. We have a high population of vaccinated dogs here and I haven't had a parvo dog in over 3 yrs.

Simple herd health. The vaccinated animals protect the unvaccinated ones. The higher the percentage of vaccinated animals the lower the risk of disease for unvaccinated ones and vica versa. We have distemper(dog and cat) here too rare to see that in a vaccinated animal. Vaccination is almost always protective. In S. Dak, I saw 11 cases of Distemper. Large rural , unvaccinated population. Parvo is very high there too. Vaccines do serve a purpose.
 
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Justicemom said:
We have parvo here all the time. In St Paul, I have a friend with a vet clinic and he has a dog in there every week with parvo, in the summer sometimes 2 a week. They are mostly pitbulls and no they usually aren't vaccinated. His clinic is in a low income area. The population of the unvaccianated dogs in the area is high. I practice in a subburb of Minneapolis. Most people in my area are upper middle class. We have a high population of vaccinated dogs here and I haven't had a parvo dog in over 3 yrs.

Simple herd health. The vaccinated animals protect the unvaccinated ones. The higher the percentage of vaccinated animals the lower the risk of disease for unvaccinated ones and vica versa. We have distemper(dog and cat) here too rare to see that in a vaccinated animal. Vaccination is almost always protective. In S. Dak, I saw 11 cases of Distemper. Large rural , unvaccinated population. Parvo is very high there too. Vaccines do serve a purpose.
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Exactly there was a parvo outbreak at one of the shelters in our bigger city. Why the majority of the dogs there are unvaccinated in the city due to lower income. So they are picking up dogs that are roaming around who are unvaccinated and housing them in close quarters and its stressing them which speeds the spread of Parvo...Its kinda a perfect storm if you will.
 
RIP Jackson

Sadly Jackson the Japanese Chin didn't make it. He seemed better yesterday but died in the night.

Run Free Sweet little boy.

Have people in your area been moving away from vaccinations? Just wondering.
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I honestly don't know. The area where the outbreak is *could* be said to have a larger number of low income households. It is also an area where dog poo is less commonly picked up:( I wish people would take more care of their animals and think about others.
 
People have told me that parvo is not that big of a deal here. I'm sorry, but I just don't believe that. :no: I know of three cases myself within a two year period that has happened in the town my sister works in. That's just the ones that I know of myself! I am sure there are more.

There was a girl I worked when I was working graveyard. She had a small mixed breed dog, and her dog got parvo. She was a nice girl, but it freaked me out to even be near her, because I was afraid she would have it on her shoes, and that I would somehow bring it home to Smudge (Fluffy was not here at the time).

Parvo is one of the vaccines the vet always wants the dogs to have. At my old vet they did individual parvo shots. This is yet another reason I don't like my dog's paws to touch the floor of the vet's office. :dead:

I am sorry about your friend's dog. :(


edit: You know, I said Fluffy wasn't home at the time, but after I get to thinking about it I honestly can't remember if we had Fluffy yet then or not!
 
Sorry to hear about Jackson Labgirl :(




Jessica you need to come clean my house :biggrin2: I know me and Sca have a bit to much of the guy thing going and I bet you could detox the worst place :lol:
 
So sorry about your friend's dog. Parvo is one of those horrible diseases.

This is a really good, but sad reminder that its not just puppies who are susceptible to it. Adult dogs can contract it also. :(
 
SheepOfBlue said:
Jessica you need to come clean my house :biggrin2: I know me and Sca have a bit to much of the guy thing going and I bet you could detox the worst place :lol:
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Your house would be smelling like bleach, lysol, and disinfectant for months. Nobody could handle me as a house cleaner. :razz:
 
So is this actual Parvo, or is this what some named "Hemorrhagic Gastroenteritis"? It went around some show dogs last year. Dogs can test slightly positive for Parvo, but the treatment is different. Parvo vaccines have no effect on whatever this mystery illness was. Dogs went from fine to dead in 72 hours. Early intervention with oral antibiotics seemed to help. I haven't heard much about it recently.
 
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