Can parvovirus infect humans? Prevention and treatment of parvovirus! Parvovirus mostly occurs in puppies, mainly manifested as gastrointestinal diseases and myocarditis. Tiny is very harmful to dogs, is contagious, and has a high mortality rate. Dogs with microscopic symptoms usually manifest as vomiting, bloody diarrhea, foul-smelling stools and lack of energy, weight loss, loss of appetite, etc.
Enteritis: The incubation period for natural infection is 7 -14 days, the initial symptoms of the disease are fever, body temperature can reach above 40 ℃, depression, no food, vomiting, the initial vomit is food, that is, it is mucus and yellow-green liquid. Diarrhea started one day after the onset of symptoms. At the beginning of the disease, the feces were gruel-like, and with the progression of the disease, the feces were brown or ketchup-colored, fishy, and the frequency of defecation was variable. Severe anemia symptoms, if the disease is not treated in time, it can cause poisoning due to the absorption of toxins in the intestinal contents, causing the body to shock, coma and death. The initial vomit is food, that is, mucous, yellow-green, or blood. Diarrhea started about a day after the onset of symptoms. At the beginning of the disease, the feces were thin, and with the development of the disease, the feces were brown or ketchup-like bloody stools.
The frequency increases later, and the bloody stool has a special fishy smell. A few hours after the bloody stool, the dog showed severe dehydration symptoms, sunken eyes, dry nose, decreased skin elasticity, and significant weight loss. For severe cases of intestinal bleeding, endotoxin poisoning and disseminated intravascular coagulation can be caused by the spoilage of intestinal contents, resulting in body shock, coma and death. If dogs with enteritis canine parvovirus disease can be treated timely and rationally, the mortality rate can be reduced.
Myocarditis type is more common in puppies aged 4-6 weeks, often without aura, or with only mild diarrhea, followed by sudden weakness, moaning, mucous membrane cyanosis, extreme difficulty breathing, fast and weak pulse, cardiac Murmurs on auscultation, sudden death often within hours (probably due to acute respiratory depression), dilated heart with pale streaks in the myocardium at necropsy, congestive heart failure.
Can parvovirus infect people? Parvovirus is not a zoonotic disease, it can only be transmitted to dogs, not people. If there are other dogs in the house, the sick dogs should be separated from the healthy dogs as soon as possible, and the dog's residence should be disinfected. If the dog is found to be small, water and food should be forbidden, and the dog should be sent to the pet hospital in time.