Description of severe haemorrhagic gastroenteritis in a 5 months old puppy. a case report

Despite having been discovered 40 years ago, parvovirosis still imposes as a disease of utmost importance in the canine population. Young unvaccinated puppies are extremely prone to the infection with parvovirus (CPV), disease to which a high mortality is attributed. This paper reports a 17 days long treatment in the case of a 5-months-old mixed breed dog (Canis lupus familiars L.), which based on the clinical signs was suspected of parvoviral gastroenteritis. In no other CPV case treated in our clinic was the design of the therapeutic protocol so complex or the treatment extended for such a long period of time. Alongside clinical evaluation, rapid antigen testing, biochemical, haematological and abdominal ultrasound examinations were performed. The treatment protocol was carried out at the Infectious Diseases Department, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Cluj-Napoca.