Parvo

[Mo. Beagler 5000]

1. sometimes even if you gave it a 100 shots it could still get it when first weened. Just a fact of life but well timed shots should stop it around 95 percent of the time.

2. Yes they are "carries" forever but that DOES NOT mean they can ever pass it on or that the live virus is in them. once the virus is shed the pup becomes immune to it. (not sure if thats what was meant by a comment above.)

3. I own a show/field champion female who had parvo and she is the best dog I ever owned...but i'm sure she has some health risks because of it.. Also had another female with it and she was an excellent dog till she got stolen

4. TC- Tamiflu helps a ton if you administer it really quick after the first symptom. I just cant never find the dang stuff to have on hand. do you know how to order it, my vet doesnt even have any on hand

5. Hydration is the most important thing followed closely by stopping the diarrhea.. Pepto or kaopeptate is good and force feeding it syringes of gatorade helps to but I.V. drip is BY FAR the best way to keep a pup alive from parvo...

[19rabbit52]

I think what they meant is that there can be a small window of time between mother's immunity and protection from shot when they can still get parvo.

[J. TAULBEE]

Thanks for all your guys input I am hoping I don't have to use it but it will be nice to now thanks again

[j michels]

i had a litter came down with it this summer they had there shots but got the shots from r king...lesson learned! but was giving them gatorade and ensure was only albe to save one of them. he's full of spunk now had to name him one real tuff SOB (sunny)

[TC]

TC- Tamiflu helps a ton if you administer it really quick after the first symptom. I just cant never find the dang stuff to have on hand. do you know how to order it, my vet doesnt even have any on hand

http://www.johnkoerner.org/SportingDogBlog/parvo.html
However, if the problem proves to be parvo (or the less-severe coronavirus), then you will want to immediately get your pup on the human drug Tamiflu (Oseltamivir phosphate). It has been proven time and again that Tamiflu will cure parvo. For decades, no drug known to man would effectively cure parvovirus, but now it has been proven beyond all doubt that Tamiflu (used for Swine Flu in humans) will also kill parvo. This is a prescription drug, however, so you will need your vet to write you a prescription for it. Make sure he prescribes the children’s liquid suspension form of Tamiflu, because it is easiest to measure. This suspension contains 12 mg/ml of the active ingredient, which is dosed at 1mg/lb, BID. This means a 5-lb pup would need 5 mg. If you do the math 5 mg would be contained in just over 0.4 ml (i.e., just over 4/10ths of a ml) of the suspension. A 6 lb puppy would need 6 mg, so he would get exactly 0.5 ml (i.e., ½ ml) of the suspension. Again, there are 12 mg. of the drug oseltamivir phosphate for every 1 ml of the suspension, so you will just have to do the math for your particular pup based on his weight. (This again proves why it is so important to have a postal scale onhand at all times). After you give your pup his first dose, you then give this same dosage every 12 hours, for 5 days in a row.

IF you can Just get your Vet to write you a prescription for it and get it at your local pharmacy. If your vet cannot or Wont then it can be found at some online pharmacy's without a prescription Luckily Our Vet will Listen to Us and is Cooperative when it comes to our hounds treatments. we have Never had the misfortune of having parvo hit our kennels but we know some that have not been so lucky and this has worked when done soon enough.