BUTCHER45
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Originally Posted By: CoyotejunkiQuote:Also be careful what dogs you bring on your place,Parvo gets in the ground, and can haunt you for years.
Now I am confused, I mentioned the ground thing to my Vet. and I am pretty sure that he told me that heat and sunlight kills Parvo.
Just did some reading on it and it can apparently live in the ground for several months under the right conditions.
Get yourself another vet. From my experience, most vets apparently get their veterinary degrees out of a bubble gum machine. If I had my own supply of amoxicylin (sp?) I would hardly ever have to see one.
Parvo can live in dirt for at least a year (here in Willamette Valley, Oregon especially).
Bleach the [beeep] out of the area that the dogs/pups are in or else the problem will continue. Make everyone that enters the area take their shoes off before entering as well, and make sure they wash their hands before handling pups. I'm told that IV fluids is the way to go.
I have always kept my pups off of un-bleached grass/soil until they have completed their vaccinations, and I haven't lost one yet. I think parvo may survive in the house, too. The Parvo rate where I live is amongst the highest in the country from what I understand.
Always vaccinate, and quarantine any new dog for a few weeks. It can take Parvo two weeks to show up from when they contract it.
Now I am confused, I mentioned the ground thing to my Vet. and I am pretty sure that he told me that heat and sunlight kills Parvo.
Just did some reading on it and it can apparently live in the ground for several months under the right conditions.
Get yourself another vet. From my experience, most vets apparently get their veterinary degrees out of a bubble gum machine. If I had my own supply of amoxicylin (sp?) I would hardly ever have to see one.
Parvo can live in dirt for at least a year (here in Willamette Valley, Oregon especially).
Bleach the [beeep] out of the area that the dogs/pups are in or else the problem will continue. Make everyone that enters the area take their shoes off before entering as well, and make sure they wash their hands before handling pups. I'm told that IV fluids is the way to go.
I have always kept my pups off of un-bleached grass/soil until they have completed their vaccinations, and I haven't lost one yet. I think parvo may survive in the house, too. The Parvo rate where I live is amongst the highest in the country from what I understand.
Always vaccinate, and quarantine any new dog for a few weeks. It can take Parvo two weeks to show up from when they contract it.
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