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Puppy lucky to be alive after intensive care battle with contagious parvovirus
The Labrador Retriever pup spent a week in intensive care with the virus
A puppy is lucky to be alive after she was struck down with the highly contagious parvovirus.
Labrador Retriever dog Paisley, was just a few weeks old when her owner Cathy Ball noticed that something wasn t right.
Cathy, who works as a veterinary nurse, said Paisley s condition went downhill quite quickly, resulting in her being referred for round the clock intensive care at Pride Veterinary Centre in Derby, part of the
She s now back safe and sound with Cathy, but things could have turned out very different for the poor pup, something her owner knows only too well.
Labrador puppy lucky to be alive after week-long battle with deadly parvovirus
Paisley s owner Cathy realised something wasn t quite right with the Labrador Retriever pup early on and took her to the vet where she discovered the weeks-old pup had parvovirus
Paisley was only weeks old when she was struck down by the highly contagious parvovirus (Image: TEAMDOGS)
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Pet owners are being warned of a surge of a highly contagious virus which can kill dogs and is spread through faecal particles.
Parvovirus is a stomach bug which infects dogs and leads to severe vomiting, diarrhoea and dehydration and, if left untreated, death.
Vets Now, an emergency service for ill animals in the UK, has seen a 129 per cent spike in parvovirus cases in the first three months of 2021 compared to last year.
Effective vaccines to the virus exist but almost half of dogs (45 per cent) are behind on their jabs due to lockdown delays, according to separate research.