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Sent to Pet Experts January 12, 2006 12:49 p.m.

I work at a local shelter. I must have transported Parvo spores home with me and infected my Yorkshire Terrier pups. I have three pups and two adults. I probably infected all of them but only one of the pups had to be taken to the vets office and was placed on IV fluids for six days. I brought her home yesterday and have been keeping her seperate from the other four. I know once a dog has parvo it can shead the virus for up to a year. One of my Yorkies is a tea cup that only weighs one pound and he is 13 weeks old. He has had four sets of the 5 in one, the other pup is the sister to the one that had parvo and is 15 weeks old, she has had 3 sets of the 5 in one. The other two are adults, 3 years of age and current, with a booster after I learned about the parvo.
My question for you is: Am I wasting my time and energy keeping them seperated or should I keep them seperated until I can give the puppies one more set of the parvo booster? Have you ever heard of Parvoguard? Opinion? Thanks so much.Optional Information: Age: <1; Female; Breed: YorkieAlready Tried: Keeping the pup in a seperate room from all the others, trying to not futher expose dogs to Parvo.

Edited by Customer (name blocked for privacy) on January 12 2006 at 12:57pm

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January 12, 2006 12:56 p.m. (7 minutes and 20 seconds later)

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Prevention may always be worthwhile. You should be using bleach disinfectant around the home for cleanup and changing clothes and cleaning shoe bottoms with bleach before you enter your home might limit risks.
For the sick pup if you have not used Tamiflu the human antiviral med keep it in mind as it helps save pups. You can read about using it here
www.marvistavet.com/html/body_oseltamivir.html
It may be that only that pup was vulnerable while the others already had their immune system kick in to be able to fight the virus due to their shots.
You can get good solid info on Parvo and treatment etc here
www.marvistavet.com/html/canine_parvovirus.html
among other things it says its only a month that they can still shed virus and keeping pups away from public areas until they get their 16 week shots is a good idea.
Parvo can be pretty much everywhere and if the pups were already exposed and took no harm you might be OK letting them back together.
You have to evaluate your situation and consider how good your 'quarantine' really is.
Hope this helps you!

Edited by NHolmes on January 12 2006 at 12:57pm

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Sent January 12, 2006 1:24 p.m. (27 minutes and 59 seconds later)

I do appreciate your answer. I am very anxious about this situation. These aren't just dogs to me, they are apart of my family. I already feel terrible about infecting them with this horrible virus and just want to be sure I am doing all I can to keep from infecting the rest.

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