An infected dog will start to show
signs of Parvo in six to ten days.
Not exact matches
The drawback to using EIA or enzyme immunoassay for testing for
signs of the
parvo virus is that dogs
in later stages
of the disease may not shed much
of the virus
in their feces.
I adopted from the SPCA
in Western Michigan where they told me there were some cases
of parvo recently but the dogs were isolated and they did not see any
signs of this
in these two puppies.
Natural immunity is how most dogs survived without vaccination when parvovirus first came on the scene over thirty years ago — and how the original strain
of parvo is still
in the environment but very rarely causes noticeable clinical
signs in dogs.
Although enteritis is the most common
sign of Parvo, severe inflammation
of the muscles
in the heart and the death
of cells (called necrosis) can also cause difficulty
of breathing and death
in puppies less than eight weeks old.
Within 48 hours
of hearing the pups were
in the shelter the first puppy started exhibiting the dreaded
signs of Parvo.
This podcast from the American Veterinary Association on
parvo virus
in dogs provides a helpful overview
of the disease including
signs of parvo and treatment advice.