Talk:Canine parvovirus
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[edit] 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)
[edit] Regarding medical advice in article
Wikipedia policy says very clearly here, "Wikipedia articles should not include instructions, advice (legal, medical, or otherwise) or suggestions, or contain "how-to"s." While I appreciate that home treatment is necessary for many people treating CPV due to the high costs of veterinary care, it should not be phrased as medical advice, and it should not be in the second person (see Wikipedia:Manual of Style#Avoid second-person pronouns). I'm sure we can come up with a better way of phrasing this, preferably with a reliable source. I'll change it back for now, and if the editor who added it does not address this, I'll work on a compromise tomorrow. -Joelmills 02:22, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
The last addition was much better, in my opinion, but I still removed the info about flushing the tube and when to replace the catheter, not just because they constituted medical advice, but because that is general treatment info for dehydration and is not specific to CPV. I also removed the part about vets working for online pharmacies writing prescriptions for fluids, because it's not really ethical to write an Rx for an animal you've never seen. Otherwise, it's much better, although it still needs a reference, which I will try to provide tomorrow. -Joelmills 03:30, 25 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
