by admin | Oct 24, 2021 | Feature Articles, News, Parvo
The recent mild weather has brought a fresh outbreak of parvovirus in dogs in Whyalla. Dogs become quiet, go off their food before developing severe vomiting and bloody diarrhoea and if not treated dying of dehydration and secondary infection. This month there are so...
by admin | Nov 25, 2020 | News, Parvo
The new isolation ward provides excellent facilities for the treatment of infectious diseases, such as parvovirus, whilst ensuring the safety of regular patientsThe isolation ward has the latest stainless-steel cages with waste handling trays to enable the treatment...
by admin | Sep 3, 2020 | News, Parvo
With the change of weather from cold and wet to warm and damp, the parvovirus season in Whyalla approaches. Parvovirus is spread by dog faeces either by direct contact or contaminated faeces being tracked into the home. The virus can survive and spread when the...
by admin | Apr 18, 2020 | News, Parvo
Update: 18th April 2020 The Whyalla Veterinary Clinic is treating more cases of parvovirus infection in dogs and what is worrying the vets is that the new strain is now being seen in older dogs, not just puppies and geriatric dogs. It is now estimated that 60 dogs...
by admin | Mar 24, 2020 | News, Parvo
Whyalla has recorded its first case of Canine Parvovirus for 2020 when a dog presented to the Whyalla Veterinary Clinic with drooling, dehydration and bloody diarrhoea and returned a positive test to Parvovirus. The weather in March is proving perfect for the spread...
by admin | Sep 24, 2018 | News, Parvo
Whyalla continues to see cases of parvovirus in dogs throughout September 2018. All the dogs that have come down with parvovirus have been unvaccinated and we have not seen any fully vaccinated dogs come down with parvovirus. If your dog develops vomiting and blood...
