Canine parvovirus

Authors: Bell AG
Publication: New Zealand Veterinary Journal, Volume 31, Issue 11, pp 205, Nov 1983
Publisher: Taylor and Francis

Animal type: Companion animal, Dog
Subject Terms: Alimentary system/gastroenterology, Diagnostic procedures, Epidemiology, Viral, Disease/defect, Infectious disease
Article class: Correspondence

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Abstract: The paper Canine parvovirus in New Zealand: epidemiological features and diagnostic methods by G.W. Horner [N.Z. vet. J. 31 (1983): 164-41 suggests “it is probable that many veterinary clinics were heavily contaminated with CPV” quoting an Australian reference in support of his contention. This unproven claim is a poor assumption in New Zealand conditions. We hospitalise our CPV cases in genuine isolation wards. We scrub, disinfect and formalin fumigate all facilities strategically and regularly. We programme puppy vaccination for appointments at safe times. We allow no unvaccinated dogs into the hospital: where doubt exists they are examined in a consultation room with its own exterior door so that they never enter the waiting room. We believe that many other practices use similar facilities and procedures to avoid this contamination, and that the paper should have read “It is possible that some veterinary clinics were heavily contaminated with CPV.”

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