it has been brought to my attention that apparently i have had parvo virus in my kennels.
A couple of months ago I brought a pup home, and that evening i had to go to Sue Smithson's home for help and advice because the pup was really ill. Sue was really kind and leant me a baby's bottle and food, the pup went to the vet's the following day and was diagnosed as having a huge infestation of worms. Unbeknown to me a pup was bought from the same litter and suffered the same and was kept in quarantine for a couple of days, that pup survived.
My bitch died three weeks later, cause unknown. Following this i had two other pups one from the same litter and one from another litter (same breeder). One again was seriously ill and had to have part of his bowel removed. The final pup, the same litter as the first, stayed in the vets overnight on a drip, after a bad case of diahoerria. Blood tests were taken through the first pup to rule out or confirm parvo virus and what was found was that a bacterial infection (not parvo) was detected in his stomach lining, believed to have been caused through the breeder feeding them raw carcasses. After a couple of days the pups were fine after having a course of antibiotics.
Both pups are fit and healthy and will be making their debut on the tracks shortly.
A couple of months ago I brought a pup home, and that evening i had to go to Sue Smithson's home for help and advice because the pup was really ill. Sue was really kind and leant me a baby's bottle and food, the pup went to the vet's the following day and was diagnosed as having a huge infestation of worms. Unbeknown to me a pup was bought from the same litter and suffered the same and was kept in quarantine for a couple of days, that pup survived.
My bitch died three weeks later, cause unknown. Following this i had two other pups one from the same litter and one from another litter (same breeder). One again was seriously ill and had to have part of his bowel removed. The final pup, the same litter as the first, stayed in the vets overnight on a drip, after a bad case of diahoerria. Blood tests were taken through the first pup to rule out or confirm parvo virus and what was found was that a bacterial infection (not parvo) was detected in his stomach lining, believed to have been caused through the breeder feeding them raw carcasses. After a couple of days the pups were fine after having a course of antibiotics.
Both pups are fit and healthy and will be making their debut on the tracks shortly.