\n Veterinary practices have issued warnings to dog owners after tests confirmed a case of canine parvovirus, a serious disease which attacks dogs’ intestinal tracts and can prove fatal.\n<\/p>\n
\n According to the dog’s owner, the Shih Tzu began showing signs of illness on Saturday, October 24. Despite treatment, the animal could not be saved.\n<\/p>\n
\n The owner said her pet had been fully vaccinated against the virus.\n<\/p>\n
\n Parvovirus poses the greatest risk to puppies and unvaccinated dogs, although severe cases can occur in older animals.\n<\/p>\n
\n Following confirmation of the case, several veterinary surgeries in Winsford warned customers to remain vigilant and take precautions to help prevent the spread of the disease.\n<\/p>\n
\n The virus can survive in the environment for long periods, meaning contaminated areas may continue to pose a risk to other dogs.\n<\/p>\n
\n Owners are being advised to avoid contact with dog faeces, prevent dogs from sniffing or eating anything suspicious while out walking, and ensure vaccinations are up to date.\n<\/p>\n
\n A spokesman for Salt House Veterinary Centre said: “If your dog shows any signs of illness, please phone our clinic right away.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Symptoms of parvovirus include severe, often bloody diarrhoea, repeated or projectile vomiting, extreme lethargy, depression, weakness, loss of appetite, fever and pale gums.\n<\/p>\n
\n The spokesman added: “Please do not bring your dog straight into the waiting room.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Call us from the car so we can use our isolation entrance to protect other vulnerable patients.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Veterinary practices have issued warnings to dog owners after tests confirmed a case of canine parvovirus, a serious…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":819862,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[59,102,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-819861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-gb","tag-health","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=819861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/819861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/819862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=819861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=819861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=819861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}