Dr Jean W Dodds, writing in US Dog World, March, 1995, (16) states: «Immune — suppressant viruses
of the retrovirus and parvovirus classes have recently been implicated as causes
of bone marrow failure, immune - mediated blood
diseases, haematologic malignancies (lymphoma and leukemia), dysregulation
of humoral and cell - mediated
immunity, organ failure (liver, kidney) and
autoimmune endocrine disorders — especially
of the
thyroid gland (thyroiditis), adrenal gland (Addison's
disease) and pancreas (diabetes).