Nearly 2,000 pets and stray dogs in Amravati city have been affected by canine parvovirus virus.<\/span><\/p>\n Canine Parvovirus <\/strong>is a highly contagious viral disease<\/strong> that can be life-threatening in puppies and dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n The virus impacts dogs gastrointestinal tracts<\/strong> and has a<\/span> 90% mortality rate.<\/span><\/p>\n Symptoms: <\/b>Bloody diarrhoea, vomiting, drastic weight loss, dehydration and lethargy are some of its symptoms.<\/span><\/p>\n Transmission among Dogs:<\/b> The virus spreads through direct contact with an infected dog or by indirect contact with a contaminated object, including the hands and clothing of people who handle infected dogs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Treatment:<\/b> Parvovirus has no cure,<\/strong> and vaccinating a puppy or a dog gives them a fighting chance against the infection.<\/span><\/p>\n Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article <\/span>\u2018<\/b>Explained: What is Parvovirus that has affected over 2,000 dogs in Maharashtra\u2019s Amravati city?<\/b>\u2019<\/b> published in<\/span> Indian Express <\/b>on 20<\/b>th<\/b><\/sup> Dec 2021.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is the news? Nearly 2,000 pets and stray dogs in Amravati city have been affected by canine parvovirus virus. What is Canine Parvovirus? Canine Parvovirus is a highly contagious viral disease that can be life-threatening in puppies and dogs. The virus impacts dogs gastrointestinal tracts and has a 90% mortality rate. Symptoms: Bloody diarrhoea,… Continue reading Explained: What is Parvovirus that has affected over 2,000 dogs in Maharashtra\u2019s Amravati city?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,9],"tags":[10500],"class_list":["post-154847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-indian-express","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is Canine Parvovirus?<\/b><\/h5>\n