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Anybody out there know anything about canine parvovirus and whether it's dangerous to adult dogs?
I'm heading downstate tomorrow to visit my brother and his family for a few days. I just found out tonight that one of their dogs has an active case of parvo and has been in the house and in contact with their other pets, so the whole place is contaminated. I've got three adult dogs -- I know that one of them (the one I raised from a puppy) has had his full history of shots, but the others are both rescue dogs that I got as adults, so I have no idea what their shot history is, though they've both had their most recent set of standard vaccinations, which I understand includes parvo.
I plan to take precautions such as washing my clothes and hands before coming back into contact with my own dogs and bleaching my shoes -- which may sound a bit extreme, but I really, really don't want to get my own house infected with the virus. I know that it's easily spread and very difficult to eradicate, and that adult dogs can acquire it and spread it around even if they don't show symptoms.
Of course it's a weekend, so I can't call my vet to ask. *aargh*
Anybody got any advice?
I'm also rather ticked off at my brother for not telling me about this; I found out from another family member. But that's a whole other tangent...
I'm heading downstate tomorrow to visit my brother and his family for a few days. I just found out tonight that one of their dogs has an active case of parvo and has been in the house and in contact with their other pets, so the whole place is contaminated. I've got three adult dogs -- I know that one of them (the one I raised from a puppy) has had his full history of shots, but the others are both rescue dogs that I got as adults, so I have no idea what their shot history is, though they've both had their most recent set of standard vaccinations, which I understand includes parvo.
I plan to take precautions such as washing my clothes and hands before coming back into contact with my own dogs and bleaching my shoes -- which may sound a bit extreme, but I really, really don't want to get my own house infected with the virus. I know that it's easily spread and very difficult to eradicate, and that adult dogs can acquire it and spread it around even if they don't show symptoms.
Of course it's a weekend, so I can't call my vet to ask. *aargh*
Anybody got any advice?
I'm also rather ticked off at my brother for not telling me about this; I found out from another family member. But that's a whole other tangent...