What is Parvo virus and what are the symptoms?

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Symptoms usually begin with a high fever, lethargy, depression, and loss of appetite. Secondary symptoms appear as severe gastrointestinal distress, such as vomiting and bloody diarrhea. In many cases, dehydration, shock, and death follow.

Parvovirus is characterized by severe, bloody diarrhea and vomiting, high fever and lethargy. The diarrhea is particularly foul smelling and is sometimes yellow in color. Parvo can also attack a dog's heart causing congestive heart failure. This complication can occur months or years after an apparent recovery from the intestinal form of the disease. Puppies who survive parvo infection usually remain somewhat un-healthy and weak for life.

My dog just recently recovered from parvo, thank god. This is one of the most deadly and fast spread disease a dog can get. The bug spreads from other dogs fecal matter and can live in the environment for up to 3-4 months, in the right conditions. The first signs you can tell your dog may have it is a slight lose in appetite, diarrhea, throwing up, more severe signs are lethargic, and blood in there stools. There isn't always blood in there fecal matter. This virus spreads quick and can kill your dog in a matter of days. My dog was one of the lucky few that survive seeing as the dogs have a 50/50 chance of living. This virus attacks puppies more then adult dogs, but adult dogs and carry the virus with no symptoms at all. The best way to prevent this virus is to get there vaccination, but this doesn't always work. Try to leave your dog at home, which is sometimes hard to do because you want to socialize it and make it a good dog. But leaving it at home or just taking short walks around your neighbourhood is the best way to prevent it. This is a very serious virus and you should get your vaccinations for it.