Isolation of a parvovirus from dogs with enteritis

Authors: Horner GW, Chisholm EG, Hunter R
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 27, Issue 12, pp 280, Dec 1979
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Companion animal, Dog
Subject Terms: Abdomen, Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Bacterial, Inflammation, Disease/defect, Viral, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: A disease of dogs, clinically and pathologically resembling feline panleucopaenia, (FPL) and attributed to a parvovirus, has recently been reported in Australia and North America. Evidence that this disease is present in New Zealand has also been reported. This letter describes the isolation of a parvovirus from the faeces of a puppy with enteritis. In June 1979, three of a litter of five 9-week-old Afghan puppies from Taupo showed diarrhoea, vomiting and pyrexia, and subsequently became dehydrated. Extensive supportive therapy was successful in preventing any deaths…

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