Pet owners are urged to protect their dogs from the deadly parvovirus by keeping their vaccinations up to date.
Parvovirus is highly contagious and can be fatal in unvaccinated dogs.Dog owners have been urged to ensure their pets' vaccinations are kept up to date and the pound said it was undertaking a cleaning of the facility.Dog owners have been urged to make sure their pets' vaccinations are up to date after an outbreak of canine parvovirus forced Queanbeyan Pound to euthanase 21 animals.
Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council General Manager Rebecca Ryan said they had realised it would be only "a matter of time" before all the animals were symptomatic. Canine parvovirus attacks tissues with rapidly dividing cells, such as white blood cells and cells in the gastrointestinal tract.Ms Ryan said the outbreak had been extremely distressing for staff and volunteers at the pound.
"For dogs, the core vaccines protect against canine parvovirus, canine distemper virus, and canine adenovirus.
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